PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15994637
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["405", "019000"]

Abstract:
A containment material for a containment system to provide protection against the diffusion of contaminants in a containment area. A structured felt geotextile surface layer is joined with a geomembrane barrier layer to form a lamination. The geomembrane barrier layer is substantially impervious to liquid diffusion. The structured felt geotextile surface layer comprises a needle-punched, non-woven felt with an upper surface structured to have a surface pattern of peaks and valleys. A containment system is formed from a plurality of strips of containment material joined by liquid-impervious bonds to provide coverage to the containment area. A process for forming a containment material comprises providing a structured felt geotextile layer formed with first and second needling operations to produce a surface pattern and a liquid impervious geomembrane barrier layer and joining the layers to form a lamination.

Claim (Index 15):
A containment system for providing protection to a containment area against the diffusion of contaminants, the containment system comprising:\n a plurality of strips of containment material, each strip with a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge, and a longitudinal orientation; wherein each strip of containment material comprises a structured felt geotextile surface layer joined with a geomembrane barrier layer to form a lamination of the structured felt geotextile surface layer and the geomembrane barrier layer with a lower surface of the structured felt geotextile surface layer joined with an upper surface of the geomembrane barrier layer, wherein the structured felt geotextile surface layer comprises a needle-punched, non-woven felt fabric structured to have a surface pattern in the upper surface of the structured felt geotextile surface layer with plural peaks and plural valleys, and wherein the geomembrane barrier layer is substantially impervious to liquid diffusion; and wherein the plurality of strips are joined by a liquid-impervious bond to provide protection to a containment area against the diffusion of contaminants.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 99.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30645
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13404992', '14707995', '14329524', '14043708', '15243630']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7595740428461214
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5041609618992705
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7340327347514363
- Mean Citation Score: 244.74254
- Max Citation Score: 272.87207
- Similarity Product: 213.8771788727612

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

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