PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16034516
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["414", "022650"]

Abstract:
A method for handling pipe includes orienting a pipe having first and second ends so that the second end of the pipe is positioned vertically above the first end, and while the pipe is oriented with the second end positioned vertically above the first end, gripping onto the pipe proximate the first end with a lift jaw assembly that is coupled to a lift arm assembly. The pipe is vertically misaligned at a substantially non-zero misalignment angle relative to the first end of the pipe while gripping the pipe with the lift jaw assembly, wherein vertically misaligning the pipe includes rotating the lift jaw assembly relative to the lift arm assembly.

Claim (Index 14):
A method for handling drill pipe, the method comprising:\n coupling a pipe handling apparatus to a drill floor of a drilling rig; moving the pipe handling apparatus over the drill floor to a position proximate a drill pipe stand positioned in a setback area of the drill floor; gripping the drill pipe stand with a lift jaw assembly of the pipe handling apparatus proximate a pin end of the drill pipe stand, the lift jaw assembly being coupled to a lift arm assembly of the pipe handling apparatus; lifting the pin end of the drill pipe stand above the setback area with the lift arm assembly while gripping the drill pipe stand with the lift jaw assembly; moving the pipe handling apparatus proximate a wellcenter of the drilling rig while fixedly holding the drill pipe stand with the lift jaw assembly, wherein a box end of the drill pipe stand is vertically misaligned by a substantially non-zero angle relative to the pin end of the drill pipe stand and the lift jaw assembly is rotated relative to the lift arm assembly about a substantially horizontal axis while the pin end is being moved proximate the wellcenter by the pipe handling apparatus; positioning the pin end of the drill pipe stand over the wellcenter with the pipe handling apparatus; and moving the box end of the drill pipe stand to a position proximate the wellcenter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.46809
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14563678', '12966828', '15353798', '15631115', '11231712']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8676511179493682
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6638367882661883
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8472696849810502
- Mean Citation Score: 427.358428
- Max Citation Score: 706.1884
- Similarity Product: 647.6236287075997

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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