PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15745606
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["052", "309300"]

Abstract:
A composite structure joining system and method comprises a structural panel, preferably but not necessarily fabricated from structural composite materials, that further comprises a nesting C-joint feature that facilitates assembly of a plurality of panels of the invention to form a planar structure such as a wall. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a plurality of the panels of the invention, joined together using the C joint of the invention, captured in a frame. The frame structural elements may comprise metals such as aluminum or steel, or may be hand laid or extruded fiberglass as described in more detail below. The invention further comprises methods of manufacturing a plurality of structural panels of the invention. The method of the invention may be used to fabricate intermodal shipping containers that have superior structural and thermal characteristics, are lightweight, resulting in lower transportation costs and lower container costs.

Claim (Index 1):
A joint for attaching adjacent panels, comprising:\n a first panel having a first edge, a first planar surface, and a second planar surface, said first edge comprising a concave arcuate surface; and a second panel having a second edge, a third planar surface, and a fourth planar surface, said second edge comprising a convex arcuate surface; wherein said concave arcuate surface and said convex arcuate surface are complementary ; wherein said concave arcuate surface is adapted to receive said convex arcuate surface when said first edge of said first panel and said second edge of said second panel are brought together, said concave arcuate surface and said convex arcuate surface together forming a nested joint, and wherein said first planar surface and said third planar surface together form a resulting fifth planar surface, and said second planar surface and said fourth planar surface together form a resulting sixth planar surface; and wherein said first panel and said second panel each comprise foam covered by at least one layer of fabric, such that said first edge, said first planar surface, and second planar surface of said first panel, and said second edge, said third planar surface, and said fourth planar surface of said second panel are each at least partially covered with at least one layer of fabric; and wherein each layer of fabric is wetted with a resin that is subsequently cured.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89286
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10436686', '15516409', '15481655', '11090723', '11901057']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8180244048545685
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4844885842468597
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7846708227937976
- Mean Citation Score: 197.023312
- Max Citation Score: 206.92926
- Similarity Product: 146.18226191635608

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

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