PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16170839
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["027", "001000"]

Abstract:
A columbarium system and corresponding method of assembly is disclosed. The columbarium system includes niche cabinets, braces, brackets, face plates, and face plate security hardware. The niche cabinets are stackable in columns and rows to form a columbarium. The braces fit between front lip segments of adjacent niche cabinets. The brackets comprise bracket arms and face plate knobs. Bracket arms extend into braces, and face plate knobs support face plate corners. Face plates cover front sides of each niche cabinet. Face plates are supported and positioned by the face plate knobs, and face plates are secured in place by face plate security hardware. Shims may be inserted between adjacent niche cabinets to maintain spacing between the backs of niche cabinets.

Claim (Index 15):
A method to assemble a columbarium system, comprising:\n stacking a plurality of five-sided niche cabinets, each niche cabinet comprising:\n a back side, a top side, a bottom side, a right side and a left side; and \n a front lip extending from a front end of the niche cabinet, the front lip having a top segment, a bottom segment, a right segment and a left segment; \n wherein the niche cabinets are stacked in multiple columns and rows to form a columbarium; \n fitting a plurality of braces between the front lip segments of adjacent niche cabinets, each brace comprising a straight tube extending along the front lip segments of adjacent niche cabinets; fitting a plurality of brackets at corners of the front lip, each bracket comprising a plurality of arms and a face plate knob, wherein each of the plurality of arms couples with a respective brace, wherein the face plate knob extends outwardly away from the bracket to support a corner of a face plate, and wherein the face plate knob comprises at least one face plate positioning divider; covering the front end of each respective stacked niche cabinet with a respective face plate, wherein each face plate is supported and positioned by the face plate knobs on the brackets adjacent to said niche cabinet; and securing the face plates with a plurality of face plate security assemblies, each face plate security assembly attaching to a respective bracket face plate knob and extending over portions of adjacent face plates in order to secure the adjacent face plates against adjacent braces.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10938
- Patent Class: 27.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15919446', '13840323', '11973489', '15853483', '15923665']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5957669143397802
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5390031381303758
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5900905367188398
- Mean Citation Score: 229.647942
- Max Citation Score: 395.49078
- Similarity Product: 378.6463946289825

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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