PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16025568
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["052", "309110"]

Abstract:
A shear connector for use with insulated concrete panels. The shear connector comprises an elongated core member that includes a first end and a second end, and a flanged end-piece removably secured to one of the first end or the second end of the core member. At least a portion of the flanged end-piece includes a maximum diameter that is larger than a maximum diameter of the core member. The shear connector is configured to transfer shear forces.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of making an insulated concrete panel, said method comprising the steps of:\n (a) forming one or more openings through an insulation layer, wherein the insulation layer includes a first surface and a second surface; (b) inserting a cylindrical core member of a shear connector into one or more of the openings, wherein the core member comprises a first end and a second end; (c) securing a flanged end-piece on the second end of at least one core member, wherein at least a portion of the flanged end-piece is spaced from the insulation layer; (d) pouring a first layer of concrete; (e) placing the insulation layer on the first layer of concrete, such that a portion of the insulation layer is in contact with the first layer of concrete; and (f) pouring a second layer of concrete over the second surface of the insulation layer, wherein upon said pouring of step (f), the flanged end-piece connected to the second end of the core member is at least partially embedded within the second layer of concrete, wherein the core member of the shear connector is configured to transfer shear forces between the first and second layers of concrete and to resist delamination of the first and second layers of concrete.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88636
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15493246', '15351030', '14656933', '14671419', '14794990']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8422193167825868
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6092102218952855
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8189184072938567
- Mean Citation Score: 292.825902
- Max Citation Score: 445.97815
- Similarity Product: 405.3668025301189

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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