PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16102299
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["451", "028000"]

Abstract:
A method is disclosed for treating or maintaining a hard surface comprising a stone or stone-like material, the method comprising treatment of the surface with a flexible pad, in the presence of abrasive particles, bonded to the pad, on a contact surface between the pad and the hard surface, wherein the abrasive particles comprise diamond particles, and the treatment is performed in the absence of an effective amount of crystallization agent on the contact surface. The treatment is performed on a substantially regular basis, such as daily, weekly or monthly, and the treatment is performed using a pad comprising an open, lofty, three dimensional non-woven webs of fibers. A tool for use in the method is also provided, as well as a floor-surfacing machine comprising such a tool and a method for manufacturing such a tool. Furthermore, methods for treating or maintaining hard, smooth surfaces such as wood, polymer material, lacquer, linoleum, gelcoat, glass and automotive enamel are disclosed.

Claim (Index 6):
The method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the pad, while in contact with the hard surface, is caused to rotate at a rotational speed of 50-300 rpm, preferably of 100-1500 rpm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.24691
- Patent Class: 451.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11079081', '12427413', '13361698', '15405361', '14788824']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7244421756059881
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5125164247652481
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7032496005219141
- Mean Citation Score: 201.769864
- Max Citation Score: 312.08722
- Similarity Product: 170.77318561978578

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

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