PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899254
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["248", "214000"]

Abstract:
A device for securing threaded rod can include a housing with a tapered inner surface, a biasing member, a backplate, and a set of plunger pieces, each of which includes an inner threaded surface and a sloped outer surface. The housing can be configured to be embedded in concrete, without the concrete covering a hole for a threaded rod to be inserted into the housing to engage the inner threaded surfaces of the plunger pieces.

Claim (Index 19):
A method of securing a threaded rod relative to concrete, the method comprising:\n seating a base of a securement device against a setting structure, the securement device including a housing secured to the base, and the housing including a securement portion with a tapered inner surface, a set of plunger pieces that are biased towards the tapered inner surface, a rod opening, a backplate to secure the plunger pieces within the housing, and a flange extending radially outwardly relative to the securement portion; striking the housing to secure the base to the setting structure; pouring the concrete onto the setting structure to set around the securement portion and the flange of the housing, with the base preventing the concrete from blocking the rod opening of the housing; after the concrete is set, sliding the threaded rod through the base into the rod opening so that the plunger pieces move away from the tapered inner surface to admit the threaded rod; and after sliding the threaded rod into the rod opening, loading the threaded rod to urge the plunger pieces into the tapered inner surface, so that the tapered inner surface urges the plunger pieces towards the rod to secure the threaded rod relative to the concrete.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82222
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13886344', '14665031', '13417370', '15084273', '12609079']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8723519556769335
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5473236249447385
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.839849122603714
- Mean Citation Score: 405.525616
- Max Citation Score: 447.4772
- Similarity Product: 344.3584110937595

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

Dataset: test