PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894473
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["052", "514000"]

Abstract:
Reinforcing bars include load transfer connectors. A link plate includes openings that mate with the load transfer connectors to overlie the splice between reinforcing bars being spliced. A cover plate may be fastened over the link plate.

Claim (Index 18):
A system configured to reinforce a monopole, the system comprising:\n a first reinforcing bar abutting a monopole, the first reinforcing bar defining a plurality of first openings; a second reinforcing bar abutting one or more of the first reinforcing bar and the monopole, the second reinforcing bar defining a plurality of second openings; and a plurality of load transfer connectors, each of the plurality of load transfer connectors configured to be received in respective aligned openings of the plurality of first openings of the first reinforcing bar and the plurality of second openings of the second reinforcing bar such that the plurality of load transfer connectors extend away from the monopole and through one or more of the first reinforcing bar and the second reinforcing bar, wherein each of the plurality of load transfer connectors comprises a monopole-facing surface that is disposed adjacent an outer surface of the monopole when the system is mounted onto the monopole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15371680', '15371708', '14552263', '15151414', '13427533']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8397556384240201
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5370231607375914
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8094823906553772
- Mean Citation Score: 308.51535800000005
- Max Citation Score: 389.08557
- Similarity Product: 348.3925254006601

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

Dataset: test