PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15747354
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["156", "073100"]

Abstract:
A method for joining a device to an object with the aid of a combination of ultrasonic vibration energy and induction heating, wherein the device includes a portion of a thermoplastic polymer and a susceptor additive wherein this portion is at least partly liquefied or plasticized through the ultrasonic vibration energy in combination with the induction heating and wherein the joining includes establishing a connection between the device and the object which connection is at least one of a positive fit connection, a weld, a press fit connection, and an adhesive connection. The induction heating is applied for rendering the device portion suitable for absorption of ultrasonic vibration energy than other device portions by raising its temperature above the glass transition temperature of the polymer. The ultrasonic vibration energy is used for liquefying or at least plasticizing the thermoplastic polymer of the named device portion.

Claim (Index 11):
The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the first portion is located in an enclosure being constituted by at least one of the second portion, the second portion and the object, and the second portion and a vibration tool.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23529
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12442328', '15616177', '11962292', '15517005', '12827699']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8976629265054686
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4914358694421125
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8570402207991331
- Mean Citation Score: 165.121408
- Max Citation Score: 173.46413
- Similarity Product: 111.07580911703468

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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