PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16413473
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["428", "131000"]

Abstract:
An intumescent mesh has a flexible grid with a plurality of strands that form a series of openings in the flexible grid, and an intumescent coating applied to the flexible grid. The intumescent coating is made of an expandable graphite and a polymer-based carrier as ingredients and having an activation temperature above which the intumescent coating swells. The grid is sized such that the intumescent coating permits airflow through the flexible grid until the intumescent coating is exposed to temperatures at or above the activation temperature, whereupon the intumescent coating swells to seal the openings and prevent air flow through the flexible grid.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of increasing the fire resistance of a structure, comprising the steps of:\n installing an intumescent mesh on a surface of the structure to be protected, the intumescent mesh comprising a flexible grid of a plurality of strands that form a series of openings in the flexible grid and an intumescent coating applied to the flexible grid, the intumescent coating comprising expandable graphite and a polymer-based carrier as ingredients and having an activation temperature above which the intumescent coating swells, wherein the grid is sized such that the intumescent coating permits airflow through the flexible grid until the intumescent coating is exposed to temperatures at or above the activation temperature, whereupon the intumescent coating swells to seal the openings and prevent air flow through the flexible grid; the intumescent mesh being affixed in contact with the structure such that, upon exposing the intumescent mesh to a temperature at or above the activation temperature, the intumescent coating swells to seal against and displace any air immediately adjacent to the surface of the structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15033917', '11726173', '12478984', '11307296', '12844316']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.891076360757825
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4763269361919664
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8496014183012391
- Mean Citation Score: 154.04369599999995
- Max Citation Score: 163.8211
- Similarity Product: 116.66146267075536

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test