PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15764180
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["428", "099000"]

Abstract:
A method of mechanically securing a first object including a thermoplastic material in a solid state to a second object with a generally flat sheet portion, with a perforation of the sheet portion, and with the sheet portion having an edge along the perforation is provided, wherein the first object is positioned relative to the second object so that the edge is in contact with the thermoplastic material and wherein mechanical vibration energy is coupled into the assembly including the first and second objects until a flow portion of the thermoplastic material due to friction heat generated between the edge and the thermoplastic material becomes flowable and flows around the edge to at least partially embed the edge in the thermoplastic material. After the mechanical vibration stops, the thermoplastic material is caused to re-solidify, whereby the re-solidified thermoplastic material at least partially embedding the edge anchors the first object in the second object.

Claim (Index 168):
The method according  claim 162 , wherein the first object in addition to the thermoplastic material comprises a body of a not liquefiable material, and wherein the step of coupling mechanical vibration energy into the assembly is carried out such that during the step of causing the flow portion to re-solidify, the body extends through a plane defined by the edge.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 115.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.35294
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15565538', '15563674', '15517005', '14649399', '15523724']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9092566304479548
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5041088573109719
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8687418531342564
- Mean Citation Score: 243.079192
- Max Citation Score: 275.33182
- Similarity Product: 205.69234368598103

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

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