PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16449723
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["428", "156000"]

Abstract:
A block suitable for use in paving, edging or wall applications comprises a lower portion having parallel, substantially vertical side faces that are spaced apart by a first width, and an upper portion having parallel, substantially vertical side faces that are spaced apart by a second width. The second width is smaller than the first width of the lower portion, and the side faces of the upper portion are angled relative to the side faces of the lower portion. The block further comprises a transition portion between the upper and lower portions, having at least one slanted side extending between one or more sides of the lower portion and one or more sides, respectively, of the upper portion.

Claim (Index 18):
A surface covering comprising:\n a plurality of blocks according to  claim 1  including at least two adjacent bonded rows, each row including at least first and second adjacent blocks; wherein within each row the first and second blocks are abutted end to end in a line; wherein within each row the first and second blocks are uniformly slanted relative to the line and are offset relative to one another; wherein the first and second blocks in one of the two rows are reversed in orientation with respect to the first and second blocks in the other row.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34545
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14205760', '15283770', '14204589', '15052782', '14524404']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.896378064465842
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5377064767000116
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.860510905689259
- Mean Citation Score: 257.657718
- Max Citation Score: 386.24817
- Similarity Product: 349.63750870960604

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