PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16173123
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["264", "258000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for curing a composite workpiece to form a part. In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus may comprise an object, a portable structure, and a heating system. The object may have a shape selected for a part. The portable structure may comprise a retaining structure configured to hold the object. The retaining structure may have a first side and a second side. The heating system may be configured to cover the object at the first side of the retaining structure and the second side of the retaining structure. The heating system may be further configured to generate heat for use in curing a workpiece placed over the object to form the part.

Claim (Index 16):
The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the vacuum boundary is formed by the heating system and a vacuum bag placed around the apparatus, and wherein the heating system comprises:\n a first heating device comprised of a deformable material covering the mandrel at the first side of the retaining structure, wherein the vacuum boundary around the mandrel on the first side of the retaining structure is formed in part by the first heating device deforming to conform to the shape of the mandrel in response to the vacuum system applying the vacuum to the first number of vacuum ports associated with the mandrel; and a second heating device comprised of a deformable material covering the mandrel at the second side of the retaining structure, wherein the vacuum boundary around the mandrel on the second side of the retaining structure is formed in part by the second heating device deforming to conform to the shape of the mandrel in response to the vacuum system applying the vacuum to the second number of vacuum ports associated with the retaining structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.60417
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13586032', '15484227', '14444803', '14242034', '10712042']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7496014746229196
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5349687568404455
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7281382028446722
- Mean Citation Score: 239.38687
- Max Citation Score: 362.364
- Similarity Product: 319.9507869701385

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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