PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16116081
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["052", "562000"]

Abstract:
A bridge to construct a multi-stage wall is provided with a clip at each end. One of the clips is sized and shaped to fit snugly onto the wall of a standard concrete masonry unit (CMU), while the other is sized and shaped to fit onto a segmental wall system (SWS) unit. A retaining or stand-alone wall is constructed by laying a row of SWS units and a row of CMUs roughly parallel to each other, with bridges extending between them to fix the units. The hollow spaces in each unit and the space between the rows is filled with gravel, rock or other fill material as each course is laid. Additional courses of SWS units and CMUs are placed on top of the prior courses, with bridges added to each course. This process is repeated until the desired wall height is reached. Various sized and shaped clips and connector brackets are provided to allow spacing of the walls at different distances, with varying blocks. Multiple walls can be constructed in parallel and connected with bridges to provide sufficient retention mass for taller walls.

Claim (Index 1):
A bridge system for connecting a first block and a second block of a multi-stage wall, each block having at least one side wall, the connector system comprising:\n a. a bridge having a bridge body and two ends; b. a first clip contiguous to one end of the bridge body, the first clip being shaped to snugly fit onto the side wall of the first block; and c. a second clip contiguous to the other end of the bridge body, the second clip being shaped to snugly fit onto the side wall of the second block,

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95146
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15034928', '10442748', '12893308', '10393689', '11072985']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7778615276753149
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5672843900473693
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7568038139125204
- Mean Citation Score: 219.975106
- Max Citation Score: 454.39355
- Similarity Product: 410.1490475004345

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

Dataset: test