PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16312333
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["312", "406000"]

Abstract:
A vacuum insulated refrigerator structure being formed from a wrapper extending around a liner is provided. The liner is positioned inside of the wrapper to form a gap there between, and to form a cavity between the wrapper and the liner. An insulating thermal bridge is formed from molding one or more extruded rails to one or more corner pieces in an injection molding device. The insulating thermal bridge is coupled across the gap wherein the insulating thermal bridge includes elongated first and second channels wherein the first and second edges are inserted into the elongated first and second channels, respectively. A curable sealant is contacted to the elongated first and second channels and the cavity is at least partially filled with a porous material between the wrapper and the liner. A vacuum is formed in the cavity and the cavity is sealed to maintain the vacuum.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of making a vacuum insulated refrigerator structure, the method comprising:\n forming a wrapper from a sheet of material whereby the wrapper has a first opening and a first edge extending around the first opening; forming a liner from a sheet of material whereby the liner has a second opening and a second edge extending around the second opening; positioning the liner inside of the wrapper with the first and second edges being spaced apart to form a gap therebetween, and to form a cavity between the wrapper and the liner; forming an insulating thermal bridge by molding corner portions onto adjacent end portions of one or more elongated rails in an injection molding device, wherein the insulating thermal bridge includes elongated first and second channels; positioning uncured curable sealant in the first and second channels; inserting the first and second edges into the first and second channels, respectively, to couple the insulating thermal bridge across the gap; causing a porous material to at least partially fill the cavity between the wrapper and the liner; forming a vacuum in the cavity; and sealing the cavity to maintain the vacuum.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21429
- Patent Class: 312.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14978843', '15290723', '14982652', '14964178', '14978544']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8060789335106102
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4909244655005823
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7745634867096074
- Mean Citation Score: 225.717726
- Max Citation Score: 252.3107
- Similarity Product: 207.6293768378973

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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