PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16134803
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "395000"]

Abstract:
Tiles  21  and  22  are laid up with other tiles in the usual way at and along the joint  18,  the joint  18  comprises a female strip  23  and a male strip  24  each of which have fastening flanges  25  and  26  and respective 90° walls  27  and  28.  A slot or rebate in the female section  29  holds an expandable seal, typically in this case a hydrophilic seal. The female part and the male parts are assembled for relative movement so that a small gap perhaps 2 mm at  31  may be accommodated while the the upper plate section  23  still provides a contiguous coplanar link between the parts.

Claim (Index 13):
In a tiled floor an expansion joint according to  claim 1  wherein the first and second strips comprise mutually aligned male and female co-operating parts, the female part carrying the upper surface plate and comprises a channel extending along the first strip, a terminal edge of the male part having spacer to hold it spaced from an endwall of the female part, the spacer comprises a projecting flange, being resilient, weakened or frangible.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41975
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15492803', '14813684', '14202260', '14014863', '15116984']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.832835231621816
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5172839977554611
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8012801082351806
- Mean Citation Score: 186.45994
- Max Citation Score: 326.48083
- Similarity Product: 253.5931765770096

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

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