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 20):
An apparatus comprising:\n a pressing element constructed and arranged to apply a compressive force to a first part in contact with a second part; a controller in electrical communication with the pressing element, wherein the controller controls the pressing element to apply a compressive stress to the first part and the second part that is greater than a yield strength and less than an ultimate compressive strength of both the first part and the second part, and wherein the controller controls the pressing element to plastically deform the first part and the second part to a compressive plastic strain between about 1% and a compressive strain limit of both the first part and the second part.

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): 0.8763221655537409
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5599171315934689
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8446816621577137
- Mean Citation Score: 160.589541
- Max Citation Score: 335.5751
- Similarity Product: 228.04473697806003

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

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