PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15987120
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["052", "831000"]

Abstract:
A stud bridge member used in the construction industry to span horizontally between studs is disclosed. The stud bridge member has at least one set of notches that engage with the stud and eliminate the use of a stud bridge clip and its associated costs and installation time for that stud.

Claim (Index 1):
A stud bridge member ( 100 ) comprising:\n a web ( 200 ) having a web outer side ( 240 ), a web inner side ( 260 ), a web first edge ( 210 ) and a web second edge ( 220 ) defining a web plane ( 250 ) having a longitudinal axis ( 500 ); a first flange ( 300 ) and a second flange ( 400 ) extending into a space on the web inner side ( 260 ); and at least one notch set comprising a first notch ( 600 ) and a second notch ( 700 ), wherein the first flange comprises a first flange first edge ( 320 ) and a first flange second edge ( 340 ) defining a first flange plane ( 350 ) with the first flange first edge joined with the web first edge at a first juncture ( 510 ) having a first juncture outside angle (\u0398 M1 ) from the web outer side to the first flange, with a corresponding explementary inner angle (\u03b1 M1 ), with the first juncture forming a first juncture line ( 520 ) which is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis; the second flange ( 400 ) comprises a second flange plane first edge ( 420 ) and a second flange second edge ( 440 ) defining a second flange plane ( 450 ) with the second flange first edge joined with the web second edge at a second juncture ( 530 ) having a second juncture outside angle (\u0398 M2 ) from the web outer side to the second flange, with a corresponding explementary inner angle (\u03b1 M2 ), with the second juncture forming a second juncture line ( 540 ) which is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, with either one of, or both, \u0398 M1  and \u0398 M2  having a value of greater than 270\u00b0 and less than 360\u00b0; the first juncture line, the first flange first edge, the first flange second edge, the second juncture line, the second flange first edge, and the second flange second edge being substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis; the first notch comprising a first notch length ( 620 ), a first notch width ( 640 ) measured perpendicular to the first notch length, and a first notch cut plane ( 630 ) wherein the first notch length begins in the first flange at a first flange notch point ( 680 ) and extends at least through the first juncture and to a web first notch point ( 660 ); the second notch comprising a second notch length ( 720 ), a second notch width ( 740 ) measured perpendicular to the second notch length, and a second notch cut plane ( 730 ), wherein the second notch length begins in the second flange ( 400 ) at a second flange notch point ( 780 ) and extends through at least the second juncture to a web second notch point ( 760 ), wherein either one of, or both, the first notch length and the second notch length do not extend completely across the respective first flange and second flange; and a line passing from the web first notch point to the web second notch point is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.35897
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['09888897', '10325570', '10641062', '14088343', '15449250']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8174825654763752
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5038289549632478
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7861172044250625
- Mean Citation Score: 216.595744
- Max Citation Score: 240.16179
- Similarity Product: 145.9168004154611

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

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