PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16230403
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["156", "060000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for bonding polymeric parts are disclosed. Specifically, in one embodiment, the polymeric parts are bonded by plastically deforming them against each other while they are below the glass transition temperatures.

Claim (Index 23):
The apparatus of  claim 20 , further comprising a heating element constructed and arranged to heat at least one of a bonding surface of the first part and the second part while leaving a bulk of the first part below a glass transition temperature of the first part and a bulk of the second part below a glass transition temperature of the second part.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.23333
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15312446', '15213926', '14248711', '13458222', '12465570']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8763120977256148
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5589459335874396
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8445754813117973
- Mean Citation Score: 160.589541
- Max Citation Score: 335.5751
- Similarity Product: 239.75511109027863

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

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