PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16087038
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["405", "184200"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for uncovering a branch of a pipe system that is renovated with a lining tube, comprising the following steps, in particular in this sequence: a) providing an uncovering device in the renovated pipe and arranging the uncovering device in front of the branch to be uncovered; b) virtually representing for a user the branch that is concealed by the lining tube; and c) uncovering the branch by the user by means of the uncovering device, based on the virtual representation.

Claim (Index 6):
The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising the following steps, in particular before or after step b) and/or before or after step i):\n l) moving the uncovering device to the position of the branch; m) uncovering a segment of the branch that is spaced apart from the edge of the branch, in particular in the area of the midpoint of the branch, by means of an uncovering unit; n) detecting the position of the uncovering unit of the uncovering device relative to the inner wall of the branch; o) updating the position of the branch by means of the detected position of the uncovering device relative to the branch; and p) displaying the updated virtual representation of the branch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86538
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15598612', '12297500', '12680125', '13997904', '15317741']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7068306250809937
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4721425183256612
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6833618144054605
- Mean Citation Score: 94.561337
- Max Citation Score: 123.98021
- Similarity Product: 84.09996192907809

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

Dataset: test