PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16010738
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["210", "450000"]

Abstract:
A filter cartridge having an endplate formed of polyurethane having a varying hardness is described. A first portion of the endplate is harder than a second portion of the endplate. The first portion of the endplate helps support the filter media of the filter element and maintain the shape of the filter element. The second, softer portion creates a seal between the filter element and a filter housing when the filter element is installed in the filter housing. The first portion and separate portions may be formed from different types of polyurethane or from the same type of polyurethane having a varying composition as a function of the radial distance of the endplate.

Claim (Index 27):
The method of  claim 25 , wherein the gradient section is formed of a polyurethane having a constant mix percentage of a isocyanate and variable mix percentages of a first polyol and a second polyol.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.24528
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12470297', '11880603', '12080879', '13126263', '13959020']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7852101426293101
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4888156049689274
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7555706888632718
- Mean Citation Score: 148.586478
- Max Citation Score: 172.30093
- Similarity Product: 109.98620530752896

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