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 38):
A method for forming a joint, the method comprising:\n forming a first thermoset layer comprising a first fibrous material, embedded in a first thermoset matrix, and a first portion, having a first shape; forming a second thermoset layer comprising a second fibrous material, embedded in a second thermoset matrix, and a second portion, having a second shape, the second thermoset layer being coupled to the first thermoset layer to form the joint, wherein a gap is defined between the first thermoset layer and the second thermoset layer; forming a thermoplastic filler comprising a thermoplastic material and unidirectional reinforcement fibers, the thermoplastic filler; positioning the thermoplastic filler within the gap, and wherein:\n the thermoplastic material of the thermoplastic filler has a melting temperature that is greater than a cure temperature of each of the first thermoset matrix and the second thermoset matrix, \n the melting temperature of the thermoplastic material of the thermoplastic filler is between about 450\u00b0 F. and about 750\u00b0 F., and \n the thermoplastic filler supports and maintains the first shape of the first portion of the first thermoset layer and the second shape of the second portion of the second thermoset layer; and \n curing the first thermoset layer and the second thermoset layer without melting the thermoplastic material of 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): 0.8694583396570745
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5442567136753284
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8369381770589
- Mean Citation Score: 231.32446
- Max Citation Score: 380.10373
- Similarity Product: 364.2949080529057

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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