PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15774621
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["428", "124000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of a structural adhesive film for bonding and sealing a hem flange connection between panels. The structural adhesive film comprises at least one adhesive layer and at least one layer with a porous structure. The adhesive layer comprise an epoxy compound as well as an epoxy curing agent.

Claim (Index 15):
Method for bonding and sealing panels, the method comprising the following steps:\n providing a first metal panel and a second metal panel; providing a structural adhesive film comprising:\n at least one adhesive layer and \n at least one layer with a porous structure, \n the adhesive layer comprising an epoxy compound as well as an epoxy curing agent; applying the structural adhesive film to a flange portion of either the first panel or the second metal panel; bending either the first metal panel or the second metal panel over the flange portion of the according other panel thereby positioning the structural adhesive film between the two panels covering the flange portion of the inner panel; and heating the panel assembly above an activation temperature of the structural adhesive film.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54054
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14122289', '14372604', '12448493', '11976243', '15101729']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8893525447804079
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4752718366380068
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8479444739661679
- Mean Citation Score: 177.913026
- Max Citation Score: 205.9053
- Similarity Product: 163.34520894096497

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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