PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15865031
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["405", "154100"]

Abstract:
A pipe loosening device and methods are shown. In one example, the pipe loosening device enables a method wherein a pipe to be replaced is deformed but not burst, and a portion of a sidewall of the pipe is forced outward into the surrounding soil to compact a local region of the surrounding soil and loosen the existing pipe. The pipe may then pulled from the ground along an axis of the pipe.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 11 , wherein forcing the deforming die includes pushing with a pneumatic hammer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.625
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11389969', '15241311', '10287270', '14571774', '13570902']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7446679819036928
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.503787634626593
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7205799471759828
- Mean Citation Score: 123.6431142
- Max Citation Score: 127.08948
- Similarity Product: 66.56554767359735

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