PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15874423
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["052", "847000"]

Abstract:
A reinforcing plate and method for use in sistering to a wood member to create a composite floor joist or stud. The reinforcing plate is mounted to the wood member and includes preformed first openings and preformed second openings. The preformed first openings are provided proximate to edges of the reinforcing plate and are dimensioned to allow for attachment members to be inserted therethrough to attach the reinforcing plate to the wood member. The preformed second openings are larger than the first opening and are dimensioned to allow for building materials to extend therethrough. The reinforcing plate resists bending stresses and increase the shearing resistance of the wood member.

Claim (Index 7):
A joist or stud used to support a structure, the joist or stud comprising:\n a wood member having a first surface and an oppositely facing second surface, end surfaces extend between the first surface and the second surface, edge surfaces extend between the first surface, the second surface, and the end surfaces; a rigid reinforcing plate mounted to the first surface of the wood member, the reinforcing plate comprising:\n longitudinal edges positioned proximate to or adjacent to the edge surfaces of the wood member; \n preformed first openings spaced from the longitudinal edges, the first openings allow for building materials to extend therethrough; \n wherein the longitudinal edges of the rigid reinforcing plate do not cooperate or interfere with the edge surfaces of the wood member; wherein the reinforcing plate is mounted to the first surface of the wood member to resist bending stresses applied to the joist or stud and to increase the shearing resistance of the joist or stud.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11111
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12585174', '12709160', '13318336', '15342548', '12019329']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8199167083359387
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4818324087622521
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.78610827837857
- Mean Citation Score: 221.23438
- Max Citation Score: 224.54706
- Similarity Product: 173.64289553893803

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

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