PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15896674
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["052", "685000"]

Abstract:
A key-locked rebar clamping assembly includes a clamp that may be forced onto the perpendicular intersection of the upper and lower rods of crossed rebar and then held from below with a key. The assembly is readily installed by forcing the clamp over the intersection of the upper and lower rods and forcing the key through a keyway in opposing sides of the clamp. The assembly holds the rods together with the clamp at the top and the key at the bottom regardless of force, vibration, and the like applied to either rod. As the key constrains downward movement of the lower rod away from the clamp and the upper rod, the lower rod will not separate from the upper rod if walked on. The assembly reduces the need to alternate longitudinal adjacent rods between upper and lower positions, thus saving labor costs through the elimination of wire tying and complicated positioning.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 18  wherein said tightening band includes a tape section, said tightening band is integrally formed with the first band-engaging member, and the second band-engaging member is configured to engage with the tape section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96341
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14024437', '12668862', '13331276', '10260473', '11058960']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.831348736705513
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4975129427985029
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.797965157314812
- Mean Citation Score: 208.62864600000003
- Max Citation Score: 229.55681
- Similarity Product: 153.57862998848674

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

Dataset: test