PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16157028
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["052", "250000"]

Abstract:
A device and method for keeping water away from a main concrete slab sitting on a concrete footing of a building include a joint covering an intersection of the external side surface of the foundation wall and the top surface of the footing. The joint can include a plurality of wedge blocks positioned adjacent the intersection providing an inclined surface for the water to flow away from the intersection, and typically one water resistant membrane ensuring the impermeability of the joint. Alternatively, the device and method include at least one through hole extending through the footing, and sloping downwardly from the internal side surface to the external side surface, and below the top surface of the footing, to drain water away from the area under the slab. A drain pipe may also be inserted into the hole.

Claim (Index 17):
A device for keeping water away from a main concrete slab partially sitting on an inside edge of a top surface of a footing and adjacent a foundation wall entirely sitting on the top surface of the footing adjacent the slab, the foundation wall having an external side surface facing away from the slab and an internal side surface facing towards the slab, the top surface having an outside edge thereof extending externally away from the external side surface and defining an external ledge of the footing therebetween, said device comprising:\n a substantially solid joint adapted to be located adjacent and along an intersection of the external side surface of the foundation wall and the top surface of the footing, the joint entirely and sealably covering the intersection, and adapted to cover a first portion of the external side surface adjacent the intersection and at least a portion of the external ledge adjacent the intersection, said joint defining a free surface angled relative to both the external side surface and the top surface, in a cross section of the joint, the free surface, the first portion of the external side surface and the portion of the external ledge forming a substantially triangular shape; wherein the joint closes off the intersection to keep water away therefrom and from the concrete slab.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14706
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14546004', '14063946', '12925838', '12980601', '13662957']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8131137139569098
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5091554434000667
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7827178869012255
- Mean Citation Score: 232.80565
- Max Citation Score: 316.39313
- Similarity Product: 268.213848772701

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

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