PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894473
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["052", "514000"]

Abstract:
Reinforcing bars include load transfer connectors. A link plate includes openings that mate with the load transfer connectors to overlie the splice between reinforcing bars being spliced. A cover plate may be fastened over the link plate.

Claim (Index 1):
A system configured to reinforce a monopole, the system comprising:\n a first reinforcing bar having an inner, monopole-engagement surface and an outer surface, the inner and outer surfaces of the first reinforcing bar spaced from one another along a first direction, the first reinforcing bar defining at least one opening; a second reinforcing bar having an inner, monopole-engagement surface and an outer surface, the inner and outer surfaces of the second reinforcing bar spaced from one another along the first direction; a first load transfer connector configured to be received in the at least one opening of the first reinforcing bar such that the first load transfer connector extends out from the outer surface of the first reinforcing bar, wherein the first load transfer connector comprises a monopole-facing surface that is configured to be received in the at least one opening of the first reinforcing bar such that the monopole-facing surface of the first load transfer connector faces an outer surface of the monopole when the system is mounted onto the monopole, wherein the monopole-facing surface of the first load transfer connector is disposed adjacent the outer surface of the monopole when the system is mounted onto the monopole; and a link plate configured to overlay at least a portion of the first reinforcing bar, the link plate defining at least one opening configured to mate with the first load transfer connector when the link plate overlays the at least a portion of the first reinforcing bar.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15371680', '15371708', '14552263', '15151414', '13427533']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8391569387473093
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5380639507834635
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8090476399509248
- Mean Citation Score: 308.51535800000005
- Max Citation Score: 389.08557
- Similarity Product: 378.91608903323646

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

Dataset: test