PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16010092
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["428", "375000"]

Abstract:
A welding process may be configured to convert a substrate comprised of short staple fibers into a welded substrate having significantly increased strength as compared to the raw substrate. When applied to a one-dimensional substrate, such as a yarn, the welding process may also reduce the diameter of the welded substrate compared to that of the raw substrate. Additionally, the welding process may be configured to impart superior color properties to the welded substrate compared to the color properties of the raw substrate, which superior color properties may be very pronounced when performing a welding process on a raw substrate comprised of colored and/or dyed recycled fibers.

Claim (Index 6):
A method for making a welded yarn, said method comprising the steps of:\n a. providing a raw substrate, wherein said raw substrate is comprised of a short staple fiber yarn; b. applying a process solvent to said substrate to create a process wetted substrate, wherein said process solvent is capable of swelling and mobilizing at least one polymer in said substrate; c. controlling at least a temperature and a duration of time for which said process solvent interacts with said process wetted substrate; and, d. removing at least a portion of said process solvent from said process wetted substrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23529
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15586158', '15216614', '15299553', '15204737', '14727118']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8849285875868845
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5411582151708403
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8505515503452802
- Mean Citation Score: 189.56523
- Max Citation Score: 393.9721
- Similarity Product: 284.2628381812036

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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