PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15746353
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["405", "169000"]

Abstract:
A joining device of a continuous conduit is for changes in slope of seabeds. The continuous conduit defines a longitudinal direction substantially coinciding with the longitudinal direction of structural development of the continuous conduit. The continuous conduit has a longitudinal structural continuity and a fluidic continuity. The joining device includes a joint that includes at least one first joining branch, at least one second joining branch and at least one third joining branch. The first joining branch extends along the longitudinal direction and provides longitudinal structural and fluidic continuity of the continuous conduit and connects with a piece of the continuous conduit. The second joining branch provides longitudinal structural continuity of the continuous conduit. The third joining branch provides fluidic continuity of the continuous conduit. The second joining branch is exclusively suitable for providing the longitudinal structural continuity of the continuous conduit, and is unsuitable for providing the fluidic continuity.

Claim (Index 17):
The joining device according to  claim 11 , wherein said upstream joint and said downstream joint have respective second joining branches and respective third joining branches facing one another structurally or fluidically;\n and/or wherein said structural connection element is constrained to each of said second joining branches so as to transmit at least action of axial tension of said continuous conduit; and/or wherein said structural connection element is suitable for working both under traction and under compression; and/or wherein said structural connection element extends along the longitudinal direction; and/or wherein said structural connection element comprises at least one shaft; and/or wherein said mechanical joint allows free rotation of said at least two shafts in at least one plane; and/or wherein said mechanical joint comprises compensation elements, suitable for elastically and/or plastically compensating overstresses of at least one of said at least two shafts; and/or wherein said mechanical joint is a hinge; and/or wherein said mechanical joint is a double hinge, or a double-acting hinge, suitable for forming a series of two yielding constraints, or articulations, between said at least two shafts arranged separate from one another and in series; and/or wherein said structural connection element is suitable for orienting said upstream joint and downstream joint freely with respect to each other.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.33333
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12252776', '15559403', '10530520', '14329871', '11792743']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7177412546936163
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4744066822246096
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6934077974467157
- Mean Citation Score: 138.611006
- Max Citation Score: 140.09913999999998
- Similarity Product: 103.11584818343162

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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