PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15942024
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["156", "350000"]

Abstract:
Elastomeric components, such as a shoe outsole, are treated with a plasma application to clean and activate the elastomeric component. The application of plasma is controlled to achieve a sufficient surface composition change to enhance adhesion characteristics while not adversely physically deforming the elastomeric component. The plasma treatment is applied to increase carbonyl functional group concentrations within an altered region of the elastomeric component to within at least a range of 2%-15% of carbon atomic percentage composition. The cleaning and activation is controlled, in part, by ensuring a defined height offset range is maintained between the elastomeric component and the plasma source by a generated tool path. The elastomeric component may then be adhered, with an adhesive, to another component.

Claim (Index 20):
The plasma treatment system of  claim 19 , wherein the plasma torch is further adapted to form carbonyl functional groups in the altered region extending into the component from the surface to a depth greater than 10 nanometers, the carbonyl functional groups resulting in a carbon atomic percentage of 2% to 15%.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6962
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14842564', '12028768', '12794911', '12188148', '11879086']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8863178951638788
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4981912971632539
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8475052353638164
- Mean Citation Score: 138.915222
- Max Citation Score: 255.26256
- Similarity Product: 203.67922069210053

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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