PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16353087
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["524", "004000"]

Abstract:
A composition comprising thermoset polymer, shape memory polymer to facilitate macro scale damage closure, and a means for molecular scale healing is disclosed; the composition has the ability to resolve structural defects by a bio-mimetic close-then heal process. In use, the shape memory polymer serves to bring surfaces of a structural defect into approximation, whereafter use of the means for molecular scale healing allowed for movement of the healing means into the defect and thus obtain molecular scale healing. The means for molecular scale healing can be a thermoplastic such as fibers, particles or spheres which are used by heating to a level at or above the thermoplastic's melting point, then cooling of the composition below the melting temperature of the thermoplastic. Compositions of the invention have the ability to not only close macroscopic defects, but also to do so repeatedly even if another wound/damage occurs in a previously healed/repaired area.

Claim (Index 1):
A composition comprising:\n a matrix of thermoset polymer; programmed fibrous shape memory polymer which comprises the ability to contract when heated to above its shape recovery temperature; and means for healing at a molecular scale dispersed throughout said matrix; wherein said composition is embodied within a sandwich structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74468
- Patent Class: 524.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15213926', '14248711', '13464062', '13376359', '14198091']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7831437307553745
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5823807605511114
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7630674337349481
- Mean Citation Score: 328.78599799999995
- Max Citation Score: 492.3431
- Similarity Product: 447.661095864892

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

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