PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894473
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["052", "514000"]

Abstract:
Reinforcing bars include load transfer connectors. A link plate includes openings that mate with the load transfer connectors to overlie the splice between reinforcing bars being spliced. A cover plate may be fastened over the link plate.

Claim (Index 5):
The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one opening in the link plate is configured to mate with the first load transfer connector when the first load transfer connector is coupled to the first reinforcing bar and the first and second reinforcing bars are arranged end-to-end.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15371680', '15371708', '14552263', '15151414', '13427533']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8544251796251897
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5406082797321947
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8230434896358901
- Mean Citation Score: 308.51535800000005
- Max Citation Score: 389.08557
- Similarity Product: 386.5654170305944

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