PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16246621
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["285", "405000"]

Abstract:
A flange to be assembled to a duct member includes a plurality of pre-fabricated apertures or areas of weakened wall strength for receiving fasteners to assemble the flange to the end of a duct member. The apertures may be spaced apart such that the fasteners can be inserted at regular intervals along the length of the flange and the length of the end of the duct member.

Claim (Index 6):
A method for manufacturing a duct member panel flange, comprising:\n forming a flange into a unitary configuration that includes a first wall member, a second wall member, and an intermediate member connected to the first and second wall members, wherein at least a portion of the first wall member and at least a portion of the second wall member extend substantially parallel one another; forming a plurality of first pre-fabricated fastener entry areas within at least one of the first wall member or the second wall member; and forming a plurality of second pre-fabricated fastener entry areas within the intermediate area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76923
- Patent Class: 285.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14947743', '15461714', '11779786', '15102667', '11387030']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8012028219061385
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4281440777394537
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.76389694748947
- Mean Citation Score: 284.673782
- Max Citation Score: 375.87582
- Similarity Product: 337.3628116973734

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

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