PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16018645
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["299", "058000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to tunnel boring machine cutter assemblies, such as ripping and scraping cutter or tool assemblies, (collectively “cutter assemblies”), and related methods of use and manufacturing. The various embodiments of the cutter assemblies described herein may be used in tunnel boring machines (“TBMs”), earth pressure balance machines (“EPBs”), raise drilling systems, large diameter blind drilling systems, and other types of mechanical drilling and excavation systems.

Claim (Index 20):
A cutter assembly for mounting on a cutterhead of a tunnel boring machine (\u201cTBM\u201d) and engaging a target material, the cutter assembly comprising:\n a support block sized and configured to be attached to the cutterhead of the TBM; and a plurality of polycrystalline diamond cutter elements, each of the plurality of polycrystalline diamond cutter elements including a substrate secured to the support block and a superhard table secured to the substrate distal to the support block, wherein:\n the superhard table of each polycrystalline diamond cutter element of a first portion of the plurality of polycrystalline diamond cutter elements includes a substantially nonplanar polycrystalline diamond working surface; and \n the superhard table of each polycrystalline diamond cutter element of a second portion of the plurality of polycrystalline diamond cutter elements includes a substantially planar polycrystalline diamond working surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65455
- Patent Class: 299.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14445774', '15065258', '15336530', '13790046', '15335788']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6729427782399774
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5781235882043266
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6634608592364123
- Mean Citation Score: 287.215252
- Max Citation Score: 487.4053
- Similarity Product: 452.0452081540644

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

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