PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971996
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["052", "426000"]

Abstract:
A stay-in-place form comprises a plurality of elongated panels connectable to one another in edge-to-edge relationship. The plurality of panels comprises first and second panels connectable to one another in edge-adjacent relationship by a connection which comprises a contact joint. The first panel comprise a longitudinally extending first seal-retaining projection shaped to project outwardly from the outer surface of the first panel at a location spaced apart from a first outer-surface transverse edge of the first panel in a first transverse direction. The second panel comprising a longitudinally extending second seal-retaining projection shaped to project outwardly from the outer surface of the second panel at a location spaced apart from a second outer-surface transverse edge of the second panel in a second transverse direction opposite the first transverse direction. The first and second seal-retaining projections and the outer surfaces of the first and second panels defining at least a portion of a seal-receiving concavity which opens outwardly from the form when the connection is made.

Claim (Index 20):
A kit for providing a stay-in-place form for casting structures from concrete or other curable construction materials, the kit comprising:\n a plurality of elongated panels connectable to one another in edge-to-edge relationship to provide at least a portion of the form, each panel comprising longitudinally extending inward facing and outward facing surfaces that also extend transversely between pairs of opposing transverse edges; the plurality of panels comprising first and second panels connectable to one another in edge-adjacent relationship by a connection between a first connector component of the first panel and a second connector component of the second panel, the connection comprising a contact joint between the first and second connector components; the first panel comprising a first seal-retaining thumb shaped to project from the inward-facing surface of the first panel; the second panel comprising a second seal-retaining thumb shaped to project from the inward-facing surface of the second panel; and an inner seal having an inner portion in contact with an inward-facing surface of the second thumb, a first transverse portion in contact with a first transverse-facing surface of the second thumb and a second transverse portion in contact with a second transverse-facing surface of the second thumb; wherein: the inner portion of the inner seal contacts at least an outwardly-facing surface of the first thumb when the connection is made; and the first and second connector components are deformable to permit relative transverse movement between the first and second thumbs when the connection is made between: a first configuration where the second thumb is located in a first transverse location relative to the first thumb and where the first transverse portion of the inner seal is in contact with the first thumb and a second configuration where the second thumb is located in a second transverse location, different from the first transverse location, relative to the first thumb and where the second transverse portion of the inner seal is in contact with the first thumb.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.78689
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15129414', '13963353', '12742082', '14730930', '13202216']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8656320332214245
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6171885246999429
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8407876823692764
- Mean Citation Score: 459.048734
- Max Citation Score: 561.2912
- Similarity Product: 550.0695351955413

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