PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16056299
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["362", "612000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments described herein are directed to a lighting fixture including a lightguide that distributes light from a major surface, a light assembly including light sources arranged linearly, and a frame including a means for providing a force that urges the light assembly against an edge of the lightguide. A standoff or spacer can provide an air gap between a light source of the light assembly and the waveguide edge. In various embodiments, the lighting fixture may incorporate a spring, a spring finger, a spring clip, a screw, or other means for securing the light assembly against the edge of the lightguide. In this manner, substantially all light provided by the light assembly is emitted into the edge of the lightguide. The fixture is formed to accommodate tolerances among elements of the lighting fixture, while maintaining the light assembly securely against the edge of the lightguide.

Claim (Index 1):
A lighting system comprising:\n a first lightguide comprising two major surfaces, a first edge, and a second edge that is disposed opposite to the first edge, the first edge and second edge formed between the two major surfaces of the first lightguide; a second lightguide comprising two major surfaces, a third edge, and a fourth edge that is disposed opposite to the third edge, the third edge and fourth edge formed between the two major surfaces of the second lightguide; a frame that is configured to support the first lightguide and the second lightguide such that they are angled with respect to each other and the first edge of the first lightguide and the third edge of the second lightguide form an apex, the frame comprising:\n a first member that receives the second edge of the first lightguide, the first member comprising a spring arm that applies a spring force to the second edge of the first lightguide to urge the first edge of the first lightguide toward a light source that is disposed in the frame, \n a second member that is configured to mount the light source such that the light source faces the first edge of the first lightguide and light from the light source enters the first lightguide through the first edge, the second member being disposed adjacent the apex; and \n a spring that is configured to apply a spring force to the second member to urge the light source toward the first edge of the first lightguide.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14815288', '13788827', '13832095', '15607207', '14291380']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8488113277493583
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5134107742477997
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8152712723992025
- Mean Citation Score: 257.36245
- Max Citation Score: 338.0674
- Similarity Product: 273.6044572328091

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

Dataset: test