PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944239
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["524", "505000"]

Abstract:
Modified thermoplastic hydrocarbon thermoplastic resins are provided, as well as methods of their manufacture and uses thereof in rubber compositions. The modified thermoplastic resins are modified by decreasing the relative quantity of the dimer, trimer, tetramer, and pentamer oligomers as compared to the corresponding unmodified thermoplastic resin polymers, resulting in a product that exhibits a greater shift in the glass transition temperature of the elastomer(s) used in tire formulations. This translates to better viscoelastic predictors of tire tread performance, such as wet grip and rolling resistance. The modified thermoplastic resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the modified thermoplastic resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, snow performance, and wet braking performance.

Claim (Index 1):
An adhesive composition, comprising:\n about 10 to about 90 weight percent of at least one polymer, about 5 to about 70 weight percent of at least one modified thermoplastic resin, about 0 to about 60 weight percent of at least one thermoplastic tackifying resin, about 0 to about 50 weight percent of at least one wax, about 0 to about 60 weight percent of at least one oil or plasticizer, about 0.5 to about 3 weight percent of at least one stabilizer, and about 0 to about 70 weight percent of at least one filler, wherein the composition is non-vulcanized, wherein the at least one modified thermoplastic resin has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of between \u221250\u00b0 C. and 160\u00b0 C., wherein the at least one modified thermoplastic resin has a number average (Mn) molecular weight of less than 3,000 g/mol, wherein the at least one modified thermoplastic resin has a z-average molecular weight (Mz) of less than 9,000 g/mol, wherein the at least one modified thermoplastic resin comprises less than or equal to 38 wt % oligomers as measured by the high resolution thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), or less than 55% oligomers of equal to or less than 600 g/mol as measured by GPC, and wherein oligomers consist of dimers, trimers, tetramer, pentamers, or a mixture thereof, of the one or more monomers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7931
- Patent Class: 524.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10761174', '10359907', '14973372', '10672675', '10453993']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8260656229391866
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5082472095497337
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7942837816002414
- Mean Citation Score: 288.14003999999994
- Max Citation Score: 298.92917
- Similarity Product: 195.31200004304768

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

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