PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15885946
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["442", "059000"]

Abstract:
A liquid binder composition for binding fibrous materials in the fabrication of resin-infusible preform is disclosed. The binder composition is an aqueous dispersion containing (a) one or more multifunctional epoxy resins, (b) at least one thermoplastic polymer, (c) one or more surfactants selected from anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, and combinations thereof, (d) water, and is essentially free of organic solvents. Also disclosed is an emulsification process for producing the liquid binder composition.

Claim (Index 14):
A fibrous material comprising a binder composition distributed therein or coated thereon,\n wherein said fibrous material is selected from: a woven or nonwoven fabric; a nonwoven layer of randomly arranged fibers, fiber tows, yarns, braids, textile tape suitable for automated fibre placement (AFP) and/or automated tape laying (ATL), wherein said binder composition comprises: (a) one or more multifunctional epoxy resins; (b) at least one thermoplastic polymer that is soluble in one or more epoxy resins upon curing of the epoxy resin(s); and (c) a nonionic surfactant which is a block copolymer comprising hydrophilic and hydrophobic blocks, and wherein the fibrous material is a dry, flexible material that is tack-free at room temperature (20\u00b0 C.-25\u00b0 C.).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58929
- Patent Class: 442.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14133954', '14366711', '15186612', '15818259', '14750327']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8134350179054235
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4844299081716935
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7805345069320506
- Mean Citation Score: 205.477446
- Max Citation Score: 230.11427
- Similarity Product: 177.161045523932

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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