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 3):
The panel according to  claim 1  wherein the vertical joint system comprises:\n first and second non-symmetrical joints, the first joint extending along two adjacent sides of the base substrate and the second joint extending along two further adjacent sides of the substrate, the first and second joints configured to enable two or more substrates with like joint systems to engage each other in response to a force applied in an engagement direction which is perpendicular to the major surfaces and to enable engaged substrates to be disengaged by lifting a first substrate in a direction opposite the engagement direction to facilitate rotation of adjacent engaged substrates along opposite sides of the first substrate to lie in planes declined from the first substrate and subsequently applying a force in the engagement direction to the second joints of the engaged substrates, wherein the first and second joints are each provided with two laterally spaced transversely extending surface portions configured to enable the first joint of one substrate to engage the second joint of a second substrate with the two transversely extending surfaces of the first joint located relative to the two transversely extending surfaces of the second joint to form respective first and second locking planes on an innermost and an outermost side of each joint to inhibit separation of the engaged joints in a direction opposite the engagement direction, wherein the first joint extends in the direction of insertion from an edge of the first major surface of the substrate toward the second major surface and wherein each of the transversely extending surfaces of the first joint lie inboard of the edge.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84615
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14813684', '14014863', '14202260', '15507602', '10228672']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8825509582547205
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6184980869450276
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8561456711237512
- Mean Citation Score: 402.814694
- Max Citation Score: 563.79834
- Similarity Product: 543.1764638596022

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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