PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977210
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["052", "588100"]

Abstract:
A vertical joint system for substrates is formed with joints and which engaged by relative motion in a direction perpendicular to major surfaces and of the substrate. The joints are configured to enable relative rotation of up to 3 degrees while maintaining engagement of the joints. The joints and are further configured to form two locking planes one on each of the inner and outer most sides of the joint. Engagement about the locking planes is provided by transverse outward extending surfaces. At least one surface in each pair of engaging surfaces is smoothly curved. The joints and can be further arranged to provide a third locking plane parallel to and between the locking planes. The joints are disengaged by combination of a downward rotation of one joint relative the other then application of a downward force.

Claim (Index 5):
The panel according to  claim 3  wherein the first joint is a male joint and the second joint is a female joint, the male joint comprising a male protrusion extending generally perpendicular from the first major surface toward the second major surface and a male recess formed inboard of the male protrusion; the female joint comprising a female protrusion extending generally perpendicular from the second major surface toward the first major surface and a female recess formed inboard of the female protrusion; the male joint having a first male locking surface formed on a side of its male protrusion most distant from its female recess, a second male locking surface formed on a side of its female recess most distant from its male protrusion and a third male locking surface being a surface common to the male protrusion and male recess, wherein the first and second male locking surfaces comprise respective transversely extending surfaces of the first joint;\n the female joint having a first female locking surface formed on a side of its female recess most distant from its male protrusion, a second female locking surface formed on a side of its male protrusion most distant from its female recess, and a third female locking surface being a surface common to the female protrusion and female recess, wherein the first and second female locking surfaces comprise respective transversely extending surfaces of the second joint; the locking surfaces being configured so that when a male and female joint of two substrates are engaged, the first male and first female locking surfaces engage to form a first locking plane, the second male and second female locking surfaces engage to form a second locking plane, and the third male and third female locking surfaces engage to form a third locking plane located between the first and second locking planes each locking plane inhibiting separation of the engaged joints in a direction parallel to the engagement direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84615
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14813684', '14014863', '14202260', '15507602', '10228672']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8723662937547549
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6016210538409955
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.845291769763379
- Mean Citation Score: 402.814694
- Max Citation Score: 563.79834
- Similarity Product: 484.7810557407583

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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