PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16385090
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["052", "699000"]

Abstract:
Presented herein is a connector forming a joint between first and second surfaces. The connector includes a hollow male member embedded in a first surface. The male member has open ended protrusion extending therefrom. A hollow female member to be embedded in second surface. The female member has a mating opening for receiving the protrusion and a flexible sealing means for forming a fluid tight seal between the female and male members. When installed, a tendon forms part of the first surface and extends through protrusion into female member. Prior to grouting, movement of the tendon during settling of first surface is facilitated by the male and female member, without breaking the fluid tight seal formed by flexible sealing means. Also presented is a method of forming a joint between a vertical surface and a horizontal surface.

Claim (Index 5):
A connector for use in forming a joint between a first surface and a second surface according to  claim 1 , where the female member has a first spigot and second spigot, each configured to receive a grout tube, such that grout pumped through the grout tube connected to the first spigot flows through the female member and exits the connector via the grout tube connected to the second spigot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17647
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15116984', '11721919', '10523355', '12676194', '11742902']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7815683955397869
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6199960971392033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7654111656997286
- Mean Citation Score: 259.662884
- Max Citation Score: 555.9577
- Similarity Product: 513.4357845008492

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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