PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16081018
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["405", "233000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a module, system and technique to enhance end bearing stiffness of pile/drilled shafts. In particular, methods, systems and loading modules which account for tip resistance in overall pile/shaft capacity are provided which increase the stiffness of the bearing soil. The techniques utilize a mechanical system to preload the soil under the shaft tip, thus allowing the users to confidently account for the gained resistance at an acceptable level of movement. Each shaft/pile is preloaded during construction to verify its load carrying capability.

Claim (Index 3):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein compressing the at least one loading rod comprises utilizing a hydraulic jack to compress the loading rod.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43077
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16078790', '13032097', '15150083', '14553733', '10034900']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7682694402139246
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5072546614191316
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7421679623344454
- Mean Citation Score: 166.329902
- Max Citation Score: 251.65091
- Similarity Product: 173.85849591032502

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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