PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16385090
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["052", "699000"]

Abstract:
Presented herein is a connector forming a joint between first and second surfaces. The connector includes a hollow male member embedded in a first surface. The male member has open ended protrusion extending therefrom. A hollow female member to be embedded in second surface. The female member has a mating opening for receiving the protrusion and a flexible sealing means for forming a fluid tight seal between the female and male members. When installed, a tendon forms part of the first surface and extends through protrusion into female member. Prior to grouting, movement of the tendon during settling of first surface is facilitated by the male and female member, without breaking the fluid tight seal formed by flexible sealing means. Also presented is a method of forming a joint between a vertical surface and a horizontal surface.

Claim (Index 17):
A connection set for forming a joint between a vertical surface and a horizontal surface, the connection set comprising:\n an anchor head for embedding in the vertical surface, the anchor head having a threaded portion; a dowel having a mating threaded portion; a male member to be received in the vertical surface, the male member having an open ended protrusion extending therefrom and a face plate extending around an end of the open ended protrusion received within the vertical surface; a hollow female member to be embedded in the horizontal surface, the female member having a mating opening for receiving the protrusion; and flexible sealing means for forming a fluid tight seal between the female member and male member, where, when installed, the dowel is matedly connected to the anchor head by way of the threaded portions and unmated end of the dowel extends through the protrusion into the female member such that, prior to grouting, movement of the female member in any direction caused by the dowel during settling of the horizontal surface is facilitated by the flexibility of the sealing means without breaking the fluid tight seal it forms between the male and female member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17647
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15116984', '11721919', '10523355', '12676194', '11742902']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7607494077807858
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6173203292839868
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.746406499931106
- Mean Citation Score: 259.662884
- Max Citation Score: 555.9577
- Similarity Product: 511.34575907012817

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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