PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16079467
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["404", "077000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to an asphalt heater system, comprising a source of a flow of inert gas, a heater for heating the flow of inert gas and means for directing the flow of heated inert gas to the asphalt surface, wherein the means for directing the flow of heated inert gas to the asphalt surface is a lance. Such systems are suitable for use in methods for repairing defects in an asphalt surface.

Claim (Index 13):
The method according to  claim 11  or  claim 12 , wherein the asphalt surface is heated to a temperature of greater than about 40\u00b0 C., for example to temperatures between about 80\u00b0 C. and about 400\u00b0 C., such as between about 100\u00b0 C. and about 200\u00b0 C., preferably the asphalt surface is heated to temperatures of between about 100\u00b0 C. and about 150\u00b0 C.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10811
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14211962', '14702610', '13503612', '14373889', '11016593']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7244570081285472
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4763526877951747
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.69964657609521
- Mean Citation Score: 150.98943400000005
- Max Citation Score: 158.10457
- Similarity Product: 111.57422230004728

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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