PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15768673
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["432", "253000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments include a heating device for heating a workpiece, including a furnace defining a closed space insulated from an exterior and surrounded by a heat insulator, a heater disposed in the furnace to heat a workpiece, a bar-shaped support element for supporting a workpiece in the furnace, and bases holding longitudinal ends of the support element for mounting the support element on a wall of the furnace, the support element being configured to increase the bending strength against sagging between its longitudinal ends.

Claim (Index 1):
A heating device for heating a workpiece, comprising:\n a furnace defining a closed space insulated from an exterior and surrounded by a heat insulator; a heater disposed in the furnace to heat a workpiece; a bar-shaped support element for supporting a workpiece in the furnace; and bases holding longitudinal ends of the support element for mounting the support element on a wall of the furnace, the support element being configured to increase the bending strength against sagging between its longitudinal ends.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81633
- Patent Class: 432.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15768644', '12155095', '11598447', '13104235', '13818886']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6810298750873425
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4697639272350217
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6599032803021104
- Mean Citation Score: 136.48985999999996
- Max Citation Score: 201.39359
- Similarity Product: 171.79361491832017

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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