PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16230403
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["156", "060000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for bonding polymeric parts are disclosed. Specifically, in one embodiment, the polymeric parts are bonded by plastically deforming them against each other while they are below the glass transition temperatures.

Claim (Index 21):
The apparatus of  claim 20 , further comprising one or more sensors associated with the pressing element and in electrical communication with the controller, wherein the controller controls the applied compressive stress and/or compressive strain based on input from the one or more sensors.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.23333
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15312446', '15213926', '14248711', '13458222', '12465570']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8763580633298419
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.563392828568759
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8450615398537337
- Mean Citation Score: 160.589541
- Max Citation Score: 335.5751
- Similarity Product: 186.09062881575824

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

Dataset: test