PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036849
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["052", "698000"]

Abstract:
A bracket for attaching a decking member to a supporting member comprises a main flange, a side flange extending approximately perpendicular to the main flange, at least one through hole defined in the side flange for receiving a fastener to attach the bracket to a side of a decking member and at least one protrusion extending from a lower side of the main flange and serving to contact the supporting member and to space the bracket and decking member above the supporting member. A method of securing a decking member to a supporting member is also described.

Claim (Index 8):
The bracket of  claim 1 , wherein the main flange has a thickness of approximately 0.150 inch in an area comprising the at least one protrusion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34884
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12863217', '14199113', '11717395', '10887206', '15081927']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8034813502635759
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5086212646674345
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7739953417039618
- Mean Citation Score: 196.732606
- Max Citation Score: 226.3825
- Similarity Product: 124.77587479129431

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

Dataset: test