PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15877590
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["138", "104000"]

Abstract:
The apparatus has a tube having an exterior tube surface, the exterior tube surface defining one or more grooves. The apparatus further has a portion occupying each of the one or more grooves and integrally formed with the tube. The portion is adapted to reflect light in the visible spectrum. The tube and the portion together define a guy guard. A method and system for forming the apparatus are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 9):
A system for forming an apparatus, the system comprising:\n a dual extrusion die, the dual extrusion die having:\n a tube die for forming a molten tube, the tube die having a tube inlet fluidly connected to a source of molten polyethylene, an annular aperture in fluid communication with the tube inlet and terminating at a tube outlet; and \n a reflective die for extruding a portion, the reflective die operatively coupled to the tube die, the reflective die having a reflective inlet, fluidly connected to a source of molten reflective polyethylene, and an injection channel in fluid communication with the reflective inlet, the injection channel disposed downstream of the tube outlet and adapted to inject molten reflective polyethylene onto the molten tube; and \n a cooling system operatively coupled downstream of the reflective die adapted to receive the molten tube and the injected portion for cooling.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.67391
- Patent Class: 138.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11451984', '10298303', '13678986', '15075689', '15235868']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.703500545743818
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4255538427185356
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6757058754412898
- Mean Citation Score: 120.0059532
- Max Citation Score: 131.34763999999998
- Similarity Product: 106.93357766827108

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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