PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16385090
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["052", "699000"]

Abstract:
Presented herein is a connector forming a joint between first and second surfaces. The connector includes a hollow male member embedded in a first surface. The male member has open ended protrusion extending therefrom. A hollow female member to be embedded in second surface. The female member has a mating opening for receiving the protrusion and a flexible sealing means for forming a fluid tight seal between the female and male members. When installed, a tendon forms part of the first surface and extends through protrusion into female member. Prior to grouting, movement of the tendon during settling of first surface is facilitated by the male and female member, without breaking the fluid tight seal formed by flexible sealing means. Also presented is a method of forming a joint between a vertical surface and a horizontal surface.

Claim (Index 19):
A method of forming a joint between a vertical surface and a horizontal surface comprising the steps of:\n fastening a wall plate to formwork for the creation of the vertical surface; connecting an anchor head to a cylinder portion of the wall plate; forming the vertical surface with the anchor head and wall plate formed therein; removing the wall plate from the vertical surface; connecting a dowel to the anchor head embedded in the vertical surface; installing a male member into the area formed by the removal of the wall plate from the vertical surface, the male member having an open ended protrusion through which the dowel extends and a face plate that extends around the open ended protrusion at an end received within the vertical surface; mating the open ended protrusion of the male member to an opening of a female member, such that a flexible sealing means forms a fluid tight seal between the female member and the male member; creating the horizontal surface with the female member embedded therein; and grouting the connector.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17647
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15116984', '11721919', '10523355', '12676194', '11742902']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.758597677574193
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6243746285449098
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7451753726712647
- Mean Citation Score: 259.662884
- Max Citation Score: 555.9577
- Similarity Product: 540.4768119461478

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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