PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15747946
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["138", "121000"]

Abstract:
A flexible pipe connector ( 200 ) for joining a pressurised mains pipe to a service pipe, the connector comprising: • a corrugated longitudinal body portion ( 202 ) having a first end ( 208 ), a second end ( 210 ) and an internal bore therebetween, said longitudinal body portion further comprising a plurality of corrugations spaced along the length thereof, the corrugations defining a maximum internal diameter of the bore at a peak  204  of a corrugation and a minimum internal diameter of the bore at a trough ( 206 ) of a corrugation; • a first spigot socket ( 212 ) at said first end of the longitudinal body portion; and • a second spigot socket ( 214 ) at said second end of the longitudinal body portion; • wherein for a defined volumetric flow rate, the head loss of a fluid flowing through said body portion is no greater than if the fluid were flowing in a smooth bored pipe of the same length and having the same internal diameter as the first and second spigot sockets; and • wherein the minimum internal diameter of said corrugated internal bore is greater than the maximum internal diameter of said first and second spigots.

Claim (Index 1):
A flexible pipe connector for joining a pressurised mains pipe to a service pipe, the connector comprising:\n a corrugated longitudinal body portion having a first end, a second end and an internal bore therebetween, said longitudinal body portion further comprising a plurality of corrugations spaced along the length thereof, the corrugations defining a maximum internal diameter of the bore at a peak of a corrugation and a minimum internal diameter of the bore at a trough of a corrugation; a first spigot socket at said first end of the longitudinal body portion; and a second spigot socket at said second end of the longitudinal body portion; wherein, for a defined volumetric flow rate, the head loss of a fluid flowing through said body portion is no greater than if the fluid were flowing in a smooth bored pipe of the same length and having the same internal diameter as the first and second spigot sockets; and wherein the minimum internal diameter of said corrugated internal bore is greater than the maximum internal diameter of said first and second spigots.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.61446
- Patent Class: 138.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11941605', '12272075', '12721253', '10491507', '15661234']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7309107016061245
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4427596528891695
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.702095596734429
- Mean Citation Score: 167.17949199999995
- Max Citation Score: 179.70854
- Similarity Product: 144.64710222832085

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

Dataset: test