PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16412736
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["525", "331500"]

Abstract:
A plasticized PVC formulation for foam extrusion including polyvinyl chloride, at least one plasticizer, at least one nucleating agent and a chemical blowing agent, wherein the plasticized PVC formulation is a dry blend containing 0.5 to 5% by weight of one or more nucleating agents and 0.1 to 3% by weight of the chemical blowing agent, wherein the blowing agent is sodium bicarbonate and the nucleating agent is talcum, and a foam extrusion method using said formulation. The extruded plasticized PVC foam is particularly suitable for rock shield pads used for pipeline protection. The foams are lightweight and require less consumption of materials with comparable properties to corresponding solid articles.

Claim (Index 8):
The non-woven mat according to  claim 5 , wherein the plasticized PVC formulation further comprises a blowing agent.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73913
- Patent Class: 525.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15516500', '10822937', '12283934', '13340054', '12263264']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7853235641826363
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5327992019002981
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7600711279544025
- Mean Citation Score: 226.080482
- Max Citation Score: 406.92053
- Similarity Product: 306.6557485296632

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

Dataset: test