PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16394665
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["052", "854000"]

Abstract:
Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to moment-resisting frames, kits for assembling such moment-resisting frames, and methods of repairing such moment-resisting frames. In an embodiment, a moment-resisting frame includes a beam connected to a column using a moment-resisting connection. The moment-resisting connection may include at least one exterior doubler plate (“EDP”) that is connected to the column and two or more connectors that are connected to both the beam and the EDP. In some embodiments, the moment-resisting frame may require less welding than conventional beam-to-column connections. Additionally or alternatively, such a moment-resisting frame may eliminate the need for components typically used in conventional beam-to-column connections (e.g., continuity plates).

Claim (Index 1):
A moment-resisting frame, comprising:\n a column defining a column longitudinal axis, the column including a first lateral member and a second lateral member spaced from and opposing the first lateral member, the first lateral member and the second lateral member extending along the column longitudinal axis; a beam defining a beam longitudinal axis, the beam including a top beam flange and a bottom beam flange, the top beam flange and the bottom beam flange extending along the beam longitudinal axis; and two or more connectors, each of the two or more connectors including a connector wall that is generally planar and generally parallel to the top beam flange and the bottom beam flange, the connector wall including:\n a first portion that is coupled to the column and positioned adjacent to at least one of the first lateral member of the column or the second lateral member of the column; and \n a second portion that is coupled to one of the top beam flange or the bottom beam flange.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74648
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15500991', '16101075', '16051516', '10805448', '14509822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8176330810159868
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5745818086943738
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7933279537838254
- Mean Citation Score: 286.0075080000001
- Max Citation Score: 479.10822
- Similarity Product: 413.4352284490657

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