PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891836
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["521", "137000"]

Abstract:
Foamed thermoplastic elastomeric polyurethane and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer articles are made with a combination of a supercritical fluid and a non-supercritical fluid blowing agent.

Claim (Index 41):
A method for making a low density foamed article, comprising:\n combining in an extruder a molten thermoplastic ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a melt index of from about 0.5 up to about 50 grams/10 min. (at 190\u00b0 C., 8.7 kg) as measured using the procedure of ASTM D1238 with (a) a chemical blowing agent and (b) a supercritical fluid to form a mixture, wherein the chemical blowing agent (a) is present in an amount up to 15 wt % based on total polymer weight in the mixture and the supercritical fluid (b) comprises one of about 0.1 to about 5 weight percent of supercritical CO 2  based on the total polymer weight in the mixture or about 0.1 to about 4 weight percent of supercritical N 2  based on the total polymer weight in the mixture, and injecting the mixture into a mold at an injection pressure of from 110 MPa to about 20 7 MPa, and molding the mixture to form the low density foamed article.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.19048
- Patent Class: 521.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15890745', '13958517', '13958527', '15752680', '13838836']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8201908707275203
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5274680865254617
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7909185923073145
- Mean Citation Score: 293.63454600000006
- Max Citation Score: 358.32196
- Similarity Product: 312.4033474692535

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

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