PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16115861
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["052", "309600"]

Abstract:
A water resistant expansion joint system for installation into a building joint in vertical and horizontal configurations is designed such that it can be used for either an inside or outside corner. According to an aspect, the system comprises open celled foam having a water-based acrylic chemistry infused therein. A layer of an elastomer is disposed on the open celled foam and is tooled to define a profile to facilitate the compression of the expansion joint system when installed between coplanar substrates. The system is delivered to a job site in a pre-compressed state ready for installation into the building joint.

Claim (Index 1):
A water resistant expansion joint system, comprising:\n a compressible foam; and a compressible, unitary, continuous layer of a water resistant material disposed on the compressible foam; wherein the compressible foam with the compressible, unitary, continuous layer of the water resistant material disposed therein has a homogenous structure that facilitates expansion and compression of the water resistant expansion joint system when installed between substrates; and wherein the water resistant expansion joint system is angled around a corner between the substrates, and the expansion joint system accommodates thermal and seismic movement in the system by uniformly expanding and contracting while maintaining the continuous layer of the water resistant material, and the water resistant expansion joint system is installed between the substrates and creates a waterproof seal around the corner upon uniform expansion of the compressible foam with the compressible, unitary, continuous layer of the water resistant layer thereon between the substrates, such that the compressible foam with the compressible, unitary, continuous layer of the water resistant material thereon provides a uniform force to the substrates such that the system becomes locked in place and uniformly expands and contracts around the corner to maintain the waterproof seal and the homogenous structure of the system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.55882
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14950923', '14950930', '16115858', '12635062', '13731327']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7808900266292799
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5323719199683214
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7560382159631841
- Mean Citation Score: 348.496438
- Max Citation Score: 362.4067
- Similarity Product: 309.97537512613536

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

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