PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894473
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["052", "514000"]

Abstract:
Reinforcing bars include load transfer connectors. A link plate includes openings that mate with the load transfer connectors to overlie the splice between reinforcing bars being spliced. A cover plate may be fastened over the link plate.

Claim (Index 14):
A method for reinforcing a monopole, the method comprising:\n installing a reinforcement system onto the monopole such that first and second reinforcing bars of the reinforcement system are fastened to the monopole, at least one load transfer connector of the reinforcement system is received in at least one opening of the first reinforcing bar, a link plate of the reinforcement system overlies at least a portion of each of the first and second reinforcing bars, and at least one opening of the link plate mates with the at least one load transfer connector wherein the at least one first load transfer connector comprises a monopole-facing surface that is configured to be received in the at least one opening of the first reinforcing bar such that the monopole-facing surface of the at least one first load transfer connector faces an outer surface of the monopole when the system is mounted onto the monopole, wherein the monopole-facing surface of the at least one first load transfer connector is disposed adjacent the outer surface of the monopole when the system is mounted onto the monopole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15371680', '15371708', '14552263', '15151414', '13427533']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8390450567205684
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5382581443222803
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8089663654807395
- Mean Citation Score: 308.51535800000005
- Max Citation Score: 389.08557
- Similarity Product: 384.612059608841

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test