PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16110577
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["166", "367000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a line element comprising a hooped tube provided at both ends thereof with two receptacles in which male and female end fittings made of high-strength steel are fastened. The invention also relates to a riser section comprising at least one auxiliary line element having such characteristics. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for upgrading a riser pipe by replacing an auxiliary line element with a line element having such characteristics.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for upgrading a riser comprising at least two riser sections, each riser section comprising a main tube element and at least one auxiliary line element arranged substantially parallel to the main tube element, the auxiliary line element having connecting means at both ends, wherein at least the following steps are carried out for at least one riser section:\n a) dismounting at least one auxiliary line element, b) fastening a receptacle to each end of a tubular steel core, c) covering the tubular core with at least one hoop layer, d) positioning with respect to the main tube element the hooped tubular core provided with the receptacles substantially parallel to the main tube element in place of the dismounted auxiliary line element, and e) fastening a male end fitting and a female end fitting in the receptacles, the male and female end fittings being made of high-strength steel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53846
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12788468', '12089252', '12897205', '13714492', '15309115']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8000495119827138
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4912304007144361
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7691676008558861
- Mean Citation Score: 254.814692
- Max Citation Score: 265.7267
- Similarity Product: 191.5437516723454

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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