PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15916984
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["277", "602000"]

Abstract:
Systems, devices and methods for pipe connectors and associated components are disclosed. Features for no hub clamps, for locking mechanisms on no hub clamps, for tools for no hub clamps, and for gaskets are described. The gaskets may be hourglass-shaped or otherwise taper outward near the ends to facilitate assembly onto pipe ends and that compress inward when a clamp is secured over the gasket. The gaskets may reduce in circumference at the gasket ends upon contraction of the gasket by a clamp onto two pipe ends. The gaskets may include collapsible sections that collapse upon contraction of the gasket by a clamp onto two pipe ends.

Claim (Index 1):
A gasket for connecting two pipe ends, the gasket comprising:\n a rounded sidewall defining a channel therethrough in a first direction, the sidewall comprising a top end, a middle portion, and a bottom end opposite the top end; a ridge extending along an inner surface of the sidewall near the middle portion and protruding radially inwardly therefrom; the top end defining a first inner width; the bottom end defining a second inner width; and the middle portion defining a third inner width, wherein the third inner width is less than each of the first and second inner widths.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90164
- Patent Class: 277.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15077082', '14853669', '13907610', '15076800', '15225999']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8083658482047489
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5326849831109947
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7807977616953735
- Mean Citation Score: 255.590502
- Max Citation Score: 386.46838
- Similarity Product: 324.5926335295558

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

Dataset: test