PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15909119
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["277", "612000"]

Abstract:
A mechanical coupling for joining pipe elements has a seal. The seal has sealing surfaces with one or more projections that form closable leak paths between the coupling and pipe elements being joined. The leak paths close when the coupling is properly installed. Otherwise, the leak paths remain open to ensure that improperly installed couplings can be discovered during pressure testing and before service pressure is applied.

Claim (Index 9):
The coupling according to  claim 8 , wherein said first and second projections are positioned 180\u00b0 apart from one another.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41176
- Patent Class: 277.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14963361', '15719684', '14844395', '15267755', '12561789']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8360540799490495
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5354158026537847
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.805990252219523
- Mean Citation Score: 315.642116
- Max Citation Score: 387.49683
- Similarity Product: 330.72653832576333

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

Dataset: test