PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16270913
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["405", "184000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for installing pipe underground are disclosed. The system includes a pneumatic rammer configured to provide a percussive force to a section of pipe. The system also includes a main jacking frame coupled to the pneumatic rammer, the main jacking frame including a surface for contacting the section of pipe. The system also includes one or more hydraulic jacks coupled to the main jacking frame and configured to provide a hydraulic force to the section of pipe. The system also includes a set of tracks coupled to the main jacking frame, the set of tracks permitting the main jacking frame to slide in a longitudinal direction. An independently displaceable soil-clearing system can be included to clear dirt coming inside the pipe during the installation and add extra jacking force as needed.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 11  further including, after the section of pipe is installed underground, joining one or more additional sections of pipe to the section of pipe to form an underground tunnel between an entry point under the ground surface and a target pit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27419
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10766540', '12802162', '11412029', '11074341', '11074178']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7509280265230047
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4938509225476618
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7252203161254704
- Mean Citation Score: 192.802518
- Max Citation Score: 222.71254
- Similarity Product: 163.3227983672905

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

Dataset: test