PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015688
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["439", "604000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are cable types, including a type THHN cable, the cable types having a reduced surface coefficient of friction, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core and insulating layer are surrounded by a material containing nylon or thermosetting resin. A silicone based pulling lubricant for said cable, or alternatively, erucamide or stearyl erucamide for small cable gauge wire, is incorporated, by alternate methods, with the resin material from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force between the formed cable and a conduit during installation.

Claim (Index 35):
A non-metallic sheathed (NM-B) electrical cable having a reduced installation pulling force through a building passageway extending through throughholes drilled at a 15 degree angle through a broadface of each of four 2\u2033\u00d74\u2033 wood blocks, wherein the wood blocks are lineaerly spaced apart from one another and are offset such that a centerline of each of the throughholes is offset by 10\u2033 relative to one another, the NM-B electrical cable comprising:\n a conductor core comprising at least two insulated metal conductors capable of carrying an electrical current through the NM-B electrical cable, wherein the conductor is formed at least in part from metal; and \n a sheath for protecting the conductor core, wherein the sheath comprises a solidified extrusion of a material mixture, the material mixture comprising:\n an insulating material providing electrical insulation to the conductor core, wherein the insulating material comprises polyvinyl chloride; and \n a pulling lubricant mixed with at least a portion of the insulating material, wherein at least a portion of the pulling lubricant is present at an exterior surface of the sheath to reduce the amount of force required to pull the cable through the building passageway; and \n \n wherein the sheath provides the NM-B electrical cable with the physical characteristic of requiring at least about 30% less force to pull the electrical cable through the building passageway compared to an amount of force required to pull a non-lubricated NM-B electrical cable having an extruded PVC jacket without the pulling lubricant mixed therein through the building passageway.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60294
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15068150', '13774677', '13274052', '11675441', '14144150']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.81543053841842
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5542084653987415
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.789308331116452
- Mean Citation Score: 433.487256
- Max Citation Score: 476.68195
- Similarity Product: 237.26746708802884

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

Dataset: test