PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872326
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["138", "146000"]

Abstract:
An elongate central member (including, without limitation, a conduit, cable or wire) has an outer coating or jacket constructed of polymer(s), thermoplastic resin(s) or other protective material. The outer coating or jacket can include at least one engineered area of reduced material, which can be created through the extrusion process or through removal of extruded material in a secondary process, thereby forming at least one intentionally weakened section of the coating or jacket. When desired, the outer coating or jacket can be partially or totally removed without damage to the encased elongate central member.

Claim (Index 8):
A method for removing a protective jacket from at least one conduit comprising:\n a) providing an encapsulated conduit assembly comprising:\n i) at least one tubular conduit; \n ii) a protective jacket encapsulating said conduit and defining a first thickness, wherein said protective jacket further comprises at least one section of reduced material defining a second thickness, and wherein said protective jacket has a lower tear strength at said second thickness than said first thickness; \n b) gripping a portion of said protective jacket; c) applying force to a portion of said protective jacket; and d) preferentially tearing said proactive jacket at said at least one area of reduced material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77778
- Patent Class: 138.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15631068', '12844751', '12549527', '10950272', '11230437']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7088700603601896
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4589048060552703
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6838735349296977
- Mean Citation Score: 143.8766
- Max Citation Score: 150.15163
- Similarity Product: 98.2813490698135

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