PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15924882
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["248", "056000"]

Abstract:
Gripping devices and methods for accommodating a piping (e.g., a pipe stub) having a predetermined size, automatically gripping the piping as the piping is pushed through the gripping device, supporting and securing the piping at a predetermined orientation (e.g., perpendicular) to a through-structure as the piping passes through a hole in the through-structure, and thereafter maintaining the piping at the predetermined orientation.

Claim (Index 6):
A plumbing gripping device for accommodating a plumbing piping having a predetermined size, supporting and securing the piping at a predetermined orientation to a through-structure as the piping passes through a hole in the through-structure, maintaining the piping at the predetermined orientation, and automatically gripping the piping as the piping is pushed through the gripping device, the gripping device comprising:\n a body having a flange portion and a sleeve portion projecting from one side of the flange portion at an angle to the flange portion, the flange portion having a perimeter, the sleeve portion having a first end adjoining the flange portion, an oppositely-disposed second end, and a cylindrical internal passage through which the piping can be inserted, the internal passage having a cross-sectional diameter, a central axis, and an axial length; at least one gripping feature located internally within the internal passage of the sleeve portion or located externally of the internal passage at an opening of the passage at a surface of the flange portion opposite the sleeve portion, the gripping feature being cantilevered and protruding radially inward of the internal passage toward the central axis of the sleeve portion to define an effective diameter that is less than the diameter of the internal passage, the gripping feature being pivotable relative to the sleeve portion so that, in the event the piping is inserted through the internal passage of the sleeve portion, the gripping feature is operable to be forced by the piping radially outward of the internal passage and automatically grip the piping while the internal passage is operable to maintain the piping at the predetermined orientation; and means for securing the body to the through-structure and retaining the sleeve portion within the hole in the through-structure, the securing and retaining means being a separate and different structure than the gripping feature such that securing the body to the through-structure and retaining the sleeve portion within the hole is independent of the gripping feature gripping the piping.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89474
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15167343', '12923360', '12427472', '11018597', '15011555']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8036543879003213
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5301073208312379
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.776299681193413
- Mean Citation Score: 191.953928
- Max Citation Score: 379.5098
- Similarity Product: 338.4980021413207

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

Dataset: test