PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15884364
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["156", "378000"]

Abstract:
System includes a first object having an energy-assisted bonding (EAB) mechanism along a surface of the first object. The EAB mechanism includes a heat-activatable adhesive layer and a carbon-filled (CF) sheet material. The CF sheet material is electrically conductive for resistive heating. A control sub-system is configured to control a coupling actuator to drive an actuator body toward the first object, wherein the actuator body and the first object engage each other. The coupling actuator is configured to apply pressure to the EAB mechanism along the surface of the first object. The control sub-system is also configured to control the power source to apply a current through the CF sheet material of the EAB mechanism to provide thermal energy through resistive heating that activates the adhesive layer along the interface.

Claim (Index 1):
A system comprising:\n a first object having\n an energy-assisted bonding (EAB) mechanism along a surface of the first object, the EAB mechanism including a heat-activatable adhesive layer and a carbon-filled (CF) sheet material, the CF sheet material extending alongside the adhesive layer or through the adhesive layer, the CF sheet material being electrically conductive for resistive heating, and \n a mounting face; \n a coupling actuator having an actuator body with a mating face that is sized and shaped to engage the mounting face of the first object; a power source; at least one electrode operably coupled to the power source and attached to the actuator body, wherein the at least one electrode approaches the EAB mechanism as the actuator body approaches the first object; and a control sub-system operably coupled to the coupling actuator and the power source, the control sub-system configured to:\n control the coupling actuator to drive the actuator body and the at least one electrode toward the first object such that the at least one electrode engages the CF sheet material, wherein the mating face of the actuator body and the mounting face of the first object engage each other, the coupling actuator configured to apply pressure to the EAB mechanism along the surface of the first object; and \n control the power source to apply a current to the at least one electrode and through the CF sheet material, thereby generating thermal energy through resistive heating that activates the adhesive layer along the interface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.31148
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14240570', '14552433', '10653824', '15061575', '14385886']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8942898713750825
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4614247708962332
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8510033613271977
- Mean Citation Score: 114.6722382
- Max Citation Score: 118.8559
- Similarity Product: 84.87787482705117

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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