PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16309752
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["312", "404000"]

Abstract:
An appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner that are connected to define a structural cabinet with an insulating cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. An insulating material is disposed within the insulating cavity, wherein an at least partial vacuum is defined within the insulating cavity. The at least partial vacuum defines a pressure differential between the exterior of the structural cabinet and the insulating cavity, the pressure differential defining an inward compressive force. Wrapper structural reinforcements are disposed proximate the outer wrapper. Liner structural reinforcements are disposed proximate the inner liner, wherein each of the wrapper and liner structural reinforcements extend into the insulating cavity and are free of engagement with one another. The wrapper and liner structural reinforcements are positioned to resist the inward compressive force.

Claim (Index 18):
A method of forming a structural cabinet for an appliance, the method comprising steps of:\n disposing a plurality of wrapper structural reinforcements proximate an outer wrapper; disposing a plurality of liner structural reinforcements proximate an inner liner; attaching the outer wrapper to the inner liner to define an insulating cavity therebetween with the wrapper and liner structural reinforcements extending from the outer wrapper and the inner liner, respectively, into the insulating cavity, the wrapper and liner structural reinforcements being free of contact with one another and spaced apart from one another by a cavity space; disposing an insulating material within the insulating cavity, the insulating material filling the cavity space; expressing gas from the insulating cavity to define an at least partial vacuum within the insulating cavity; wherein the at least partial vacuum generates an inward compressive force exerted against the inner liner and the outer wrapper toward the insulating cavity; and sealing the insulating cavity, wherein the wrapper and liner structural reinforcements are positioned to oppose the inward compressive force and maintain the outer wrapper and the inner liner at a substantially consistent distance to maintain a volume of the cavity space between the wrapper and liner structural reinforcements.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50877
- Patent Class: 312.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16308538', '16306723', '14961952', '16026234', '14961945']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8522789976208549
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5190600953234109
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8189571073911106
- Mean Citation Score: 294.620042
- Max Citation Score: 351.29663
- Similarity Product: 288.6371486945975

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

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