PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911581
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["362", "023040"]

Abstract:
A veneer may be configured to be secured to a backlit button of a control device. A plate portion of the veneer may have one or more indicia machined therethrough. The indicia may define an open portion, a floating portion, and one or more ribs that suspend the floating portion. The one or more ribs may be configured to create an optical illusion that conceals the ribs from view relative to a user of the control device. The rib may define an upper surface that is recessed relative to a front surface of the veneer, and may define opposed sides that extend from a base of the rib to the upper surface. The sides may be tapered between the base and the upper surface, such that the upper surface is narrower than the base. The sides and the upper surface of the rib may be unfinished.

Claim (Index 1):
A control device that is configured for use in a load control system for controlling an amount of power delivered to an electrical load, the control device comprising:\n a button having a body that defines an outer surface; and a veneer that is attached to the outer surface of the body, the veneer including an indicium that extends into a front surface of the veneer, the indicium defining an open portion and a floating portion; wherein a portion of the outer surface of the body is exposed through the open portion; and wherein the indicium includes a rib that suspends the floating portion relative to the open portion, the rib defining an upper surface that is recessed relative to the front surface of the veneer and opposed sides that extend from a base of the rib to the upper surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.7069
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14850800', '15242205', '15165559', '15134299', '15583819']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8138172019249782
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5265130013615562
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.785086781868636
- Mean Citation Score: 241.452354
- Max Citation Score: 353.58307
- Similarity Product: 287.0000010997903

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

Dataset: test