PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16309096
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["404", "032000"]

Abstract:
A lightweight universal panel mat ( 100, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1100, 1500, 1800, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 ) made of plastic or elastomeric material and having a first section that provides a relatively flat, textured or structured top surface to facilitate movement over the mat and a second section having geometry that includes a plurality of cells having top surfaces that support the first section. The panel mats have first, second, third and fourth sides ( 110,120,135,145 ) that are configured to matingly engage or connect to the second, third, fourth and first sides, respectively. The connection can be by insertion or snap-locking of one side to another, or by the use of fastening elements that more securely holds the sides together. Thus, similarly configured panel mats can be connected by interlocking to form a temporary support surface, deck, walkway or roadway. Additional side ramps ( 2030 ) and adapters ( 2050 ) can be used to facilitate installation of the mats ( 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 ) and access to the upper surfaces of the joined mats.

Claim (Index 1):
A lightweight universal panel mat made of plastic or elastomeric material and designed to be interlocked with additional panel mats of similar side configurations, comprising:\n a first section having an upper surface that forms a top surface of the panel mat and is relatively flat, textured or structured to facilitate movement over the upper surface; a second section having geometry that includes a plurality of cells that support the first section and open lower surfaces, wherein the cells have angled sidewalls and are open or some or all of the cells have a flat top surface; first, second, third and fourth sides wherein the first and second sides are configured and dimensioned to be complementary to and matable with the third and fourth sides, so that (a) the first side of a first mat can be interlocked with one of the third or fourth side of a second mat, (b) the second side of the first mat can be interlocked with one of the third or fourth sides of a second mat, (c) the third side of first mat can be interlocked with the one of the first or second sides of a third mat, and (d) the fourth side can be interlocked contact with the one of the first or second sides of a fourth mat; wherein the upper surface of the first section is generally rectangular of length L and width W where L and W each may be any value between 1 foot and 12 feet; and wherein the first and second sections are welded or bonded together to form a unitary panel mat.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07921
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15661400', '14317569', '15081340', '16003471', '15143990']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6797650508183047
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5441316060969651
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6662017063461707
- Mean Citation Score: 253.50283
- Max Citation Score: 383.3883
- Similarity Product: 357.96155296418664

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

Dataset: test