PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16270913
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["405", "184000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for installing pipe underground are disclosed. The system includes a pneumatic rammer configured to provide a percussive force to a section of pipe. The system also includes a main jacking frame coupled to the pneumatic rammer, the main jacking frame including a surface for contacting the section of pipe. The system also includes one or more hydraulic jacks coupled to the main jacking frame and configured to provide a hydraulic force to the section of pipe. The system also includes a set of tracks coupled to the main jacking frame, the set of tracks permitting the main jacking frame to slide in a longitudinal direction. An independently displaceable soil-clearing system can be included to clear dirt coming inside the pipe during the installation and add extra jacking force as needed.

Claim (Index 22):
A system for clearing soil from a section of pipe during underground installation, the system comprising:\n a main jacking frame including a surface for contacting the section of pipe; a set of tracks coupled to the main jacking frame, the set of tracks permitting the main jacking frame to slide along a longitudinal direction; and a soil-clearing system having a base frame coupled to the set of tracks, the soil-clearing system configured to extract dirt from inside the section of pipe during underground installation of the section of pipe, the soil-clearing system moveable along the longitudinal direction independent of the main jacking frame and including at least one auger mounted in a frame coupled to the set of tracks that can move forward and backward along the longitudinal direction independently of the main jacking frame.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27419
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10766540', '12802162', '11412029', '11074341', '11074178']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7278402128126552
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.492588594420689
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7043150509734586
- Mean Citation Score: 192.802518
- Max Citation Score: 222.71254
- Similarity Product: 161.33349137459396

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