PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16081018
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["405", "233000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a module, system and technique to enhance end bearing stiffness of pile/drilled shafts. In particular, methods, systems and loading modules which account for tip resistance in overall pile/shaft capacity are provided which increase the stiffness of the bearing soil. The techniques utilize a mechanical system to preload the soil under the shaft tip, thus allowing the users to confidently account for the gained resistance at an acceptable level of movement. Each shaft/pile is preloaded during construction to verify its load carrying capability.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for increasing pile/drilled shaft end bearing stiffness, comprising:\n drilling a hole having a diameter of the pile/drilled shaft to a desired depth; positioning at least one loading rod tube, at least one cement slurry tube and a loading module in the hole, wherein the loading module comprises a base plate with a lip and at least one seating opening; positioning at least one loading rod down the loading rod tube so that it is seated within the at least one seating opening of the base plate; securing a reaction frame to a pile/shaft body; compressing the at least one loading rod so that it pushes the base plate into a bearing soil and creates a void between the base plate and bottom soil; filling the void between the base plate and bottom soil with cement slurry; removing the at least one loading rod; and filling the loading tube with a cement slurry.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43077
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16078790', '13032097', '15150083', '14553733', '10034900']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7461846068949195
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5064570015596639
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7222118463613939
- Mean Citation Score: 166.329902
- Max Citation Score: 251.65091
- Similarity Product: 169.81806359862924

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

Dataset: test