PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16007845
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["052", "705000"]

Abstract:
Various implementations include methods and apparatuses for connecting concrete structural elements, such as pre-cast concrete structural elements. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a first concrete structural element into which a first duct is pre-cast, a second concrete structural element into which a second duct is pre-cast, and a duct coupler that couples the first duct in fluid communication with the second duct and prevents adhesive from flowing into the first or second duct when the first and second concrete structural elements are coupled together. In another implementation, a method of forming a concrete structural element includes disposing at least a portion of a duct within a form for receiving poured concrete, disposing a duct holder through an opening in the form and coupling the duct holder with the duct to hold the duct in position within the form during pouring, and removing the duct holder after the concrete hardens.

Claim (Index 15):
The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein each of the first and second coupling portions comprises one or more protrusions that extend radially outwardly from an external surface of the first duct and the external surface of the duct coupler, respectively, and each of the third and fourth coupling portions comprise one or more recesses that are defined by the internal surface of the splice duct, wherein the one or more protrusions of the first coupling portion engage the one or more recesses of the third coupling portion, and the one or more protrusions of the second coupling portion engage the one or more recesses of the fourth coupling portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25352
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15273042', '14548752', '12372621', '11861166', '12051775']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8292951316297725
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4937514101054485
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7957407594773401
- Mean Citation Score: 211.414762
- Max Citation Score: 214.3993
- Similarity Product: 143.87097878730302

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

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