PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944239
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["524", "505000"]

Abstract:
Modified thermoplastic hydrocarbon thermoplastic resins are provided, as well as methods of their manufacture and uses thereof in rubber compositions. The modified thermoplastic resins are modified by decreasing the relative quantity of the dimer, trimer, tetramer, and pentamer oligomers as compared to the corresponding unmodified thermoplastic resin polymers, resulting in a product that exhibits a greater shift in the glass transition temperature of the elastomer(s) used in tire formulations. This translates to better viscoelastic predictors of tire tread performance, such as wet grip and rolling resistance. The modified thermoplastic resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the modified thermoplastic resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, snow performance, and wet braking performance.

Claim (Index 8):
The composition of  claim 7 , wherein the composition exhibits:\n a higher melt flow rate at 230\u00b0 C./2.16 kg as compared with an equivalent composition comprising a corresponding unmodified thermoplastic resin having ring and ball softening point within 3\u00b0 C. of the modified thermoplastic resin; a lower compression set at room temperature as measured by ASTM D395-14 as compared with an equivalent composition comprising a corresponding unmodified thermoplastic resin having ring and ball softening point within 3\u00b0 C. of the modified thermoplastic resin; and/or a VOC and/or FOG value as measured per VDA 278, or mineral oil saturated hydrocarbon (MOSH) and/or mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbon (MOAH) value, that is lower than a VOC, FOG, MOSH, and/or MOAH value exhibited by an equivalent composition comprising a corresponding unmodified thermoplastic resin having ring and ball softening point within 3\u00b0 C. of the modified thermoplastic resin.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7931
- Patent Class: 524.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10761174', '10359907', '14973372', '10672675', '10453993']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8262447062735799
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5061868680922803
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7942389224554499
- Mean Citation Score: 288.14003999999994
- Max Citation Score: 298.92917
- Similarity Product: 206.1763862386888

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

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