PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862388
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["004", "633000"]

Abstract:
A seamless undermount sink system includes a countertop having a sink mounting aperture disposed therethrough. The system also includes a sink having a sidewall with a rimless upper edge therearound. A mounting assembly includes a mounting bracket attached to a portion of the sink and a mounting gasket which is secured to a bottom surface of the countertop. An interface is formed between the rimless upper edge of the sink and the sink mounting aperture through the countertop. A sealant is disposed in the interface between the rimless upper edge of the sink and the sink mounting aperture though the countertop to prevent water, food, or other debris from getting in between the sink and the countertop.

Claim (Index 11):
A mounting gasket assembly for mounting an upper edge of a sink through a bottom surface of a countertop in an installed orientation, the sink having a mounting bracket with a mounting flange including a plurality of mounting flange apertures therethrough, said mounting gasket assembly comprising:\n a mounting gasket having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a gasket aperture dimensioned to receive the upper edge of the sink therethrough, said upper surface having at least one sealant channel to facilitate securing said mounting gasket to the bottom surface of the countertop via a sealant, a plurality of mount member interconnects affixed to said mounting gasket, a plurality of mount members each connected to said mounting gasket via a different one of said plurality of mount member interconnects, said plurality of mount members dimensioned to be received through the plurality of mounting flange apertures of the sink, and a plurality of fasteners each engaging a different one of said mount members thereby securing the sink in the installed orientation through the bottom surface of the countertop via the mounting flange.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33962
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15631136', '14465337', '14829734', '11953047', '14142302']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8332021955422807
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5999612640102593
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8098781023890785
- Mean Citation Score: 483.097258
- Max Citation Score: 582.9021
- Similarity Product: 428.2208027425111

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