PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906194
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["252", "500000"]

Abstract:
Nano-reinforced materials hold the potential to redefine traditional materials both in terms of performance and potential applications. Dispersing carbon nanofibers (“CNF”) in Hot Mix Asphalt mixtures creates a piezoresistive effect and classifies the new mixture as a “smart material.” The current invention uses the electromechanical capabilities of carbon fibers to sense its own strain by way of electrical resistivity to develop a Self-sensing Piezoresistive Hot Mix Asphalt.

Claim (Index 9):
A method for creating a self-sensing piezoresistive hot mix asphalt comprising the steps of:\n a. homogenously dispersing a set amount of a conductive filler in cut back solvent by sonication and high shear mixing, creating a conductive filler-solvent mixture; b. combining said conductive filler-solvent mixture with an asphalt binder at a set mixing temperature, creating an asphalt binder-filler mixture; c. homogenously dispersing a second set amount of conductive filler in to a second cut back solvent by sonication and high shear mixing, creating a second conductive filler-solvent mixture; d. evaporating said second conductive filler-solvent mixture at room temperature; e. oven heating said second conductive filler-solvent mixture, creating oven-dried conductive filler; f. combining said asphalt binder-filler mixture, said oven-drive conductive filler, and an aggregate to form a hot mix asphalt mixture; g. heating said hot mix asphalt mixture; and h. thoroughly mixing said hot mix asphalt mixture.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.33929
- Patent Class: 252.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15745558', '15278140', '16067001', '13433465', '15568303']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7826432234348539
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4773160925594407
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7521105103473127
- Mean Citation Score: 150.36093799999998
- Max Citation Score: 156.04105
- Similarity Product: 103.37076321153046

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

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