PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866943
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["156", "307100"]

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a first thermoset layer that includes a first fibrous material embedded in a first thermoset matrix. The apparatus also includes a second thermoset layer that includes a second fibrous material embedded in a second thermoset matrix. The second thermoset layer is coupled to the first thermoset layer to form a joint. Further, a gap is defined between the first thermoset layer and the second thermoset layer. The apparatus also includes a thermoplastic filler that is made from a thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic filler is positioned within the gap.

Claim (Index 21):
A method for making a joint for a structure, comprising:\n forming a thermoplastic filler made from a thermoplastic material; applying an uncured first thermoset layer onto the thermoplastic filler, the uncured first thermoset layer comprising a first fibrous material embedded in a first thermoset matrix; applying an uncured second thermoset layer onto the thermoplastic filler and into contact with the uncured first thermoset layer, the uncured second thermoset layer comprising a second fibrous material embedded in a second thermoset matrix; and while the uncured first and second thermoset layers are applied onto the thermoplastic filler and while the uncured second thermoset layer contacts the uncured first thermoset layer, curing the uncured first thermoset layer and the second thermoset layer to for a cured first thermoset layer and a cured second thermoset layer and bond together the cured first thermoset layer, the cured second thermoset layer, and the thermoplastic filler.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 55.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14045483', '15327079', '12532907', '14039478', '13204764']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8699928845641061
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5436303291981402
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8373566290275095
- Mean Citation Score: 231.32446
- Max Citation Score: 380.10373
- Similarity Product: 326.5939835815877

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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