PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16397597
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["052", "483100"]

Abstract:
An illustrative embodiment of a tile and support structure may include a plurality of tiles, which may be generally rectangular in shape, engaged with one or more support structures. The tile may be formed with four edges, wherein two opposing edges may be formed with grooves therein and the other two opposing edges may be formed with protrusions thereon. The support structure may be formed with a generally vertical spine having two rails extending outward from a distal end thereof. The support structure may also include two generally horizontally extending flanges, which may be formed with a trough therein. The trough may include a plurality of apertures formed therein. One side of the trough may be defined by a lip.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of securing the position of a tile, said method comprising:\n a) securing a first support structure to a first and a second joists, wherein a length of said first support structure is perpendicular to said first and second joists, wherein said first and second joists are parallel with respect to one another and separated from one another by a first distance; b) and wherein said first support structure comprises:\n i) a base having a first flange and a second flange, wherein said first and second flanges are opposed to one another; \n ii) a spine engaged with said base, wherein said spine extends upward from a center of said base, and wherein said spine is generally perpendicular with respect to said base; \n iii) a first rail extending from a terminal end of said spine, wherein said first rail is generally perpendicular with respect to said spine; \n iv) a second rail extending from said terminal end of said spine, wherein said second rail is generally perpendicular with respect to said spine, and wherein said support structure is generally symmetrical about a plane perpendicularly oriented with respect to said first and second rails and bisecting said spine; \n c) securing a second support structure to said first and second joists, wherein a length of said second support structure is perpendicular to said first and second joists, and wherein said second support structure comprises:\n i) a base having a first flange and a second flange, wherein said first and second flanges are opposed to one another; \n ii) a spine engaged with said base, wherein said spine extends upward from a center of said base, and wherein said spine is generally perpendicular with respect to said base; \n iii) a first rail extending from a terminal end of said spine, wherein said first rail is generally perpendicular with respect to said spine; \n iv) a second rail extending from said terminal end of said spine, wherein said second rail is generally perpendicular with respect to said spine, and wherein said support structure is generally symmetrical about a plane perpendicularly oriented with respect to said first and second rails and bisecting said spine; \n d) sliding said tile between said first and second support structures, wherein said tile has a height, a width, and a thickness, said first tile further comprising:\n i) a first face, wherein said first face is configured to be generally facing upward during use; \n ii) a second face, wherein said second face is opposite said first face, wherein said first and second faces are separated by said thickness of said tile, and wherein a surface area of said first and second faces is defined by said height and said width of said tile; \n iii) a first, second, third, and fourth edge defining a periphery of said tile; \n iv) a first groove formed in one of said first edge; \n v) a second groove formed in one of said third edge, wherein said first and third edges are parallel to one another; \n e) securing a position of said tile with respect to said first and second support structures in a generally horizontal dimension parallel with respect to said first and second joists via an engagement of said first and second rails with said first and second grooves in said tile; and, f) securing a position of said tile with respect to said first and second support structures in a generally vertical dimension perpendicular with respect to said first and second joists via an engagement of said first and second rails with said first and second grooves in said tile.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16667
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15637307', '15947774', '14524431', '14841211', '15332700']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8341544135499428
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5052514039966332
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8012641125946118
- Mean Citation Score: 286.850052
- Max Citation Score: 303.4749
- Similarity Product: 244.60670069596767

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