PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15861571
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["362", "606000"]

Abstract:
The disclosed invention provides a flat-shaped lightning device where all the components of the lighting unit are embedded in a single-mold, one-piece securing unit made out of a solid matrix. The lighting unit comprises a diffusing panel, a light guiding panel, a light source, a diffusing sheet and may also comprise a gasket and one or more circuit board. All of the parts, in particular, frames, plates, gaskets, that usually constitute the securing unit are replaced with a single-piece solid matrix obtained through a single operation. The lighting device is totally watertight, no parts can be loosened. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Claim (Index 1):
A flat-shaped light device comprising: a lightning unit and a securing unit wherein the lighting unit is comprised of a reflective sheet; a light guiding panel that guides light from the light source that is incident on a side surface and emits the light from a front light-emitting side; one or more light-emitting elements disposed along a side-end surface of the light guiding panel that serves as a light-entry portion, each of the plurality of light-emitting elements having a light-emitting surface facing toward the side-end surface; a light diffusing panel disposed on the light-emitting side of the light guiding panel that diffuses the incident light from the light guiding panel to the front surface side of the diffusing panel wherein all components of the lighting unit are embedded within a securing unit made of single-mold solid matrix;

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11319930', '11941344', '12337503', '11629514', '14334467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8343742025912441
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4615157324787383
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7970883555799935
- Mean Citation Score: 177.94880600000005
- Max Citation Score: 186.70819
- Similarity Product: 150.00191255833803

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

Dataset: test