PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16102207
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["052", "126100"]

Abstract:
A device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for leveling and aligning tiles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling device includes a body and two spaced and parallel strip members extending transversely from the body. Each of the spaced and parallel strip members extend to the front and rear of the body. Two opposing lateral open windows are formed in the body. A breakaway section is defined along the body. A wedge device is provided for penetrating one or more of the two opposing lateral open windows and exerting a force on the tiles for leveling them relative to each other.

Claim (Index 1):
A tile leveling device and tile combination comprising:\n a leveling device comprising:\n a body defining an open window, \n an I-shaped base orthogonally coupled to the body, the I-shaped base having spaced first, second, third, and fourth bars extending transversely from the body, the spaced first and second bars extending to the front and outward of the body and the spaced third and fourth bars extending to the rear and outward of the body, \n an I-shaped base to body coupling including a frangible breakaway section, the I-shaped base and body being integral prior to frangible separation, the frangible breakaway section, upon breaking, frangibly separating the body from the I-shaped base, \n a first notch formed between the first and second bars, and \n a second notch formed between the third and fourth bars; \n a first tile over the first and second bars, the first tile having a first surface opposite a second surface, the first tile having contact with mortar at the first notch, wherein the first surface faces the first and second bars and the second surface is farther from the first and second bars than the first surface; a second tile over the third and fourth bars, the second tile having a third surface opposite a fourth surface, the second tile having contact with mortar at the second notch, wherein the third surface faces the first and second bars and the fourth surface is farther from the first and second bars than the third surface; the frangible breakaway section being located between the first and second surfaces of the first tile and the third and fourth surfaces of the second tile; and a wedge device comprising:\n a backstop member, and \n a wedge member extending from the backstop member, the wedge member having a tapered surface penetrating the open window and exerting force against both tiles pressing the tiles against the first and second bars.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.92982
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15044907', '15882540', '15345802', '13859316', '16051079']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8377539548505909
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5498548086604557
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8089640402315774
- Mean Citation Score: 383.531584
- Max Citation Score: 419.82385
- Similarity Product: 366.9535510782063

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

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