PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16280294
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["052", "309100"]

Abstract:
A floor panel is arranged for forming a floor covering, and substantially consists of synthetic material and has a decorative upper side. The floor panel, on at least one pair of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts which allow coupling two of such floor panels to each other. The coupling parts effect a locking in a first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels as well as in a second direction perpendicular to the respective edge and in the plane of the floor panels. The at least one of the coupling parts comprises a separate locking element, which, in coupled condition, provides for at least a locking in the first direction.

Claim (Index 1):
A floor panel for forming a floor covering,\n wherein this floor panel at least comprises a substrate and a decorative upper side; wherein the floor panel is rectangular, either oblong rectangular or square, and comprises a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges; wherein the floor panel, on both pairs of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts which allow coupling such floor panels to each other; wherein the coupling parts at the first pair of opposite edges are of the type which allows coupling two of such floor panels to each other by means of a downward movement of one floor panel in respect to the other; wherein the coupling parts at the first pair of opposite edges comprise a first locking system which in the coupled condition of two of said panels effects a locking in vertical direction and a second locking system which in the coupled condition of two of such panels effects a locking in the horizontal direction; wherein said second locking system comprises locking parts engaging behind each other, in the form of an upward-directed locking part, which is provided on a first lip on a first of said two edges, and a downward-directed locking part, which is provided on a second lip on the second of said two edges, respectively, wherein these locking parts, in the coupled condition of two of said panels, engage one behind the other, and effect said locking in horizontal direction; wherein the upward directed locking part borders a female part, said female part having a bottom, said bottom comprising a bottom portion which is flat and substantially horizontal; wherein the upmost point of the upward-directed locking part defines a theoretical horizontal level; wherein said first locking system comprises locking portions at the respective edges, which in the coupled condition of two of such panels co-operate with each other, at least one of said locking portions being located at the downward-directed locking part, at a location below said horizontal level; wherein the second lip, seen in cross-section, comprises a bridging portion extending from the most proximal end of the second lip up to the downward-directed locking portion; wherein in the coupled condition, said bridging portion in horizontal direction overlaps the first lip of the coupled panel, thereby defining a horizontal distance over which said bridging portion overlaps said first lip; wherein said bridging portion of the second lip over the majority of said horizontal distance and in distal direction of this second lip is decreasing in thickness; and wherein on the second pair of edges of the floor panel, coupling parts are provided of the type which allows coupling two of such floor panels to each other along the respective edges by means of a turning movement, wherein these coupling parts provide for a vertical and a horizontal locking and are made in one piece with the floor panel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10345
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15712489', '14377292', '14760131', '15514284', '15387870']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8193057695021938
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5202762209257
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7894028146445444
- Mean Citation Score: 313.1427520000001
- Max Citation Score: 339.5489
- Similarity Product: 326.00124129627943

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

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