PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961139
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["248", "343000"]

Abstract:
A stiffening assembly for stiffening a rod is provided. The stiffening assembly can include a pair of struts having an elongated base having opposite top and bottom surfaces. The struts can extend along either sides of the rod and be connected to one another in a “back-to-back” configuration, with the top surfaces facing outwardly in opposite directions. When connecting the struts together, a cavity is defined therebetween, the cavity being adapted to enclose the rod therein, effectively stiffening the rod. Also, a method of use is provided, and finally, a strut useful to embody the stiffening assembly is also provided.

Claim (Index 1):
A strut for use in a stiffening assembly for stiffening a rod, the strut comprising:\n a base having opposite top and bottom surfaces extending along a length of the strut; and a recess extending along the bottom surface, the strut being adapted to be connected to a second strut in a \u00abback-to-back\u00bb configuration whereby the bottom surface contacts a bottom surface of the second strut and positions the recess opposite a recess of the second strut thereby forming a cavity adapted to completely surround the rod such that the rod is stiffened between the first and second strut along the entire length of the strut.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80952
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14919567', '15246321', '13595043', '14701872', '11999715']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8194499169994972
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4782616617713233
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7853310914766798
- Mean Citation Score: 194.496344
- Max Citation Score: 215.55086
- Similarity Product: 160.91542684757945

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