PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15942397
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["404", "026000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for filling a discontinuity in a roadway associated with a manhole cover. The apparatus includes a manhole anchor, a road pad, and an attachment mean. The apparatus is useful for filling a discontinuity in a roadway associated with a manhole cover and for preventing traffic from swerving to avoid the discontinuity.

Claim (Index 18):
An apparatus for filling a discontinuity in a roadway, the discontinuity associated with a manhole cover, the manhole cover having a top surface, the apparatus comprising:\n a manhole anchor configured to secure to the top surface of the manhole cover; a road pad configured to fill the discontinuity in the roadway associated with a manhole cover, the road pad made of a pad material, the pad material being weather-resistant and sufficiently durable to withstand repeated vehicle traffic of the roadway; and an attachment means affixed to road pad, the attachment means configured to removably secure road pad to of the manhole anchor; and wherein the manhole anchor and the attachment means together include a hook and loop fastener; wherein the hook and loop fastener is distributed around a periphery of the road pad; wherein attachment means is affixed to the road pad by an adhesive; wherein the manhole anchor is secured to the top surface of the manhole cover by an adhesive; wherein the road pad is rounded in shape; wherein the road pad is made of rubber; wherein the rubber includes material from recycled tires; wherein the road pad has a thickness, as measured away from the top surface of the manhole cover, that is sized and dimensioned to lay flush with the roadway when secured to the manhole cover; wherein the road pad is configured to withstand a weight of at least 20,000 lbs.; wherein the road pad has a thickness has a thickness, as measured away from the top surface of the manhole cover, between 0.2 inches and 2 inches; and wherein the road pad is round and has a diameter of at least 24 inches.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8125
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12721351', '14511094', '13782258', '14516195', '14162430']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7000710197575749
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4706386521130722
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6771277829931247
- Mean Citation Score: 150.201616
- Max Citation Score: 175.3965
- Similarity Product: 133.22643222114442

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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