PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897830
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["052", "650100"]

Abstract:
Various implementations include methods and apparatuses for constructing a concrete structure. In one implementation, a structure includes a pre-cast concrete column section and a pre-cast concrete beam section. The column section includes an embedded first assembly with a threaded rod, and the beam section includes an embedded second assembly defining a channel for receiving the threaded rod. Grout is fed through a joint between the column and beam sections into the second assembly to couple the threaded rod with the second assembly. The grout is urged through the joint and the second assembly by gravity and by applying vacuum suction to a grout port defined by the second assembly. The grout port extends between the channel of the second assembly and an external face of the beam section.

Claim (Index 11):
A system for assembling a structure, the system comprising:\n a pre-cast concrete column section, the pre-cast concrete column section including an embedded first assembly with at least one threaded rod, each threaded rod having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is rotatable within the embedded first assembly to extend the second portion of the threaded rod out of the embedded first assembly; a pre-cast concrete beam section comprising an embedded second assembly defining a channel for receiving the second portion of the threaded rod and at least one grout port, the at least one grout port extending from the channel to an external face of the beam section; and a frame extending around at least a portion of a joint defined between the column section and the beam section, the frame defining an opening along an upper edge of the beam section, wherein:\n the at least one grout port is couplable to a vacuum suction source for applying vacuum suction to the grout port to urge grout poured into the opening of the frame to flow through the joint and through the second assembly and into the grout port, and \n the second portion of the threaded rod is held within the channel only by the grout and does not engage any threaded structure within the channel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38596
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13909255', '15434770', '14434974', '12080105', '15446519']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8041986377319875
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.478338521784609
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7716126261372497
- Mean Citation Score: 192.613108
- Max Citation Score: 201.02278
- Similarity Product: 150.43368887197138

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

Dataset: test