PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16058586
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "710000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a precursor for a clip and a clip formed by the precursor. The clip is configured for mounting a furring channel to a load-bearing member and is a generally U-shaped member having a pair of sidewalls, each of which includes a pair of tabs projecting therefrom. The clip is arranged to receive the load-bearing member between its sidewalls, such that the tabs can be snap-fit under inwardly directed flanges of the furring channel. Also disclosed is a method of forming the clip from the precursor, by bending portions of the precursor to form the sidewalls of the clip, and a method for mounting a furring channel onto a load-bearing member using the clip.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of forming a clip for mounting a furring channel to a load-bearing member having a top surface, the furring channel having a bottom a pair of sidewalls having an upper end terminating at an inwardly directed flange, said method comprising:\n a) providing precursor of said clip, said precursor being a generally planar sheet comprising:\n (1) a first panel having an end edge, a pair of inwardly directed angled edges, a pair of side edges located below said inwardly directed angled edges, and a fold line, said fold line extending parallel to said end edge of said first panel, each of said side edges of said first panel including a tab projecting outward therefrom, each of said tabs of said first panel including an inclined undersurface and a top surface; \n (2) a second panel having an end edge, a pair of inwardly directed angled edges, a pair of side edges located below said inwardly directed angled edges, and a fold line, said fold line extending parallel to said end edge of said second panel, each of said side edges of said second panel including a tab projecting outward therefrom, each of said tabs of said second panel including an inclined undersurface and a top surface; and \n (3) two spaced apart bridging strips interposed side by side between said fold lines of said first and second panels; and \n b) folding said sheet of material along said fold lines to bring said first and second panels parallel to each other to form a generally U-shaped load-bearing clip configured to enable an undersurface of said bridging strips to be disposed on the top surface of the load-bearing member and with said tabs snap-fit under respective portions of the inwardly directed flanges.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23636
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15641730', '15883282', '15305814', '13587732', '12224631']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8066450906686994
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6021073963220988
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7861913212340393
- Mean Citation Score: 293.10496
- Max Citation Score: 537.11865
- Similarity Product: 494.0930450787484

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

Dataset: test