PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16242356
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["219", "061300"]

Abstract:
An apparatus ( 10 ) for joining a predetermined geometrical profile shape from a sheet material (SM) includes a positioning assembly ( 12 ) including a base member ( 14 ) and a frame ( 16 ) that is operable to receive the sheet material (SM), to configure the sheet material in a predetermined orientation and to linearly translate the sheet material along a process direction ( 20 ). A Z-bar ( 22 ) is configured to guide a first longitudinal edge (FE) and second longitudinal edge (SE) of the sheet material (SM) into adjacent alignment along the process direction ( 20 ). A welding and forging assembly ( 60 ) welds and then forges a seam between the first longitudinal edge (FE) and the second longitudinal edge (SE) of the associated sheet material (SM).

Claim (Index 12):
The method of  claim 10 , wherein the guide member includes a body having the first channel and the second channel, at least one of the first and second channels includes at least one elongated segment, the at least one elongated segment being configured to be movable relative to the body of the guide member to adjust a lateral position of at least one of the first or second longitudinal edges of the associated sheet material for achieving a desired overlap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27941
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14824101', '13717786', '13779310', '12286775', '11663898']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8189478303032094
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5292048305389118
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7899735303267796
- Mean Citation Score: 204.86562400000005
- Max Citation Score: 350.33496
- Similarity Product: 249.9410948733759

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