PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866943
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["156", "307100"]

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a first thermoset layer that includes a first fibrous material embedded in a first thermoset matrix. The apparatus also includes a second thermoset layer that includes a second fibrous material embedded in a second thermoset matrix. The second thermoset layer is coupled to the first thermoset layer to form a joint. Further, a gap is defined between the first thermoset layer and the second thermoset layer. The apparatus also includes a thermoplastic filler that is made from a thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic filler is positioned within the gap.

Claim (Index 40):
The method of  claim 38 , wherein forming the thermoplastic filler comprises forming at least one concave surface in the thermoplastic filler, and the first thermoset layer being applied onto the thermoplastic filler by bending the first thermoset layer along the at least one concave surface and curing the first thermoset layer comprises curing the first thermoset layer while bent along the at least one concave surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 55.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14045483', '15327079', '12532907', '14039478', '13204764']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8836353085177097
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5449097701139344
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8497627546773321
- Mean Citation Score: 231.32446
- Max Citation Score: 380.10373
- Similarity Product: 266.3735907353925

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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