PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15942397
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["404", "026000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for filling a discontinuity in a roadway associated with a manhole cover. The apparatus includes a manhole anchor, a road pad, and an attachment mean. The apparatus is useful for filling a discontinuity in a roadway associated with a manhole cover and for preventing traffic from swerving to avoid the discontinuity.

Claim (Index 20):
A method for filling a discontinuity in a roadway, the discontinuity associated with a manhole cover, the manhole cover having a top surface, the manhole cover being installed on a manhole in the roadway, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing an apparatus including a manhole anchor and a road pad, the manhole anchor configured to secure to the top surface of the manhole cover, the road pad configured to fill the discontinuity in the roadway associated with the manhole cover, and further configured to removably attach to the manhole anchor; adhesively securing the manhole anchor to the top surface of the manhole cover; and removably attaching the road pad to the manhole anchor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8125
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12721351', '14511094', '13782258', '14516195', '14162430']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6996316004010988
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4726422729839122
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6769326676593802
- Mean Citation Score: 150.201616
- Max Citation Score: 175.3965
- Similarity Product: 130.91712871822716

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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