PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16180598
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["156", "060000"]

Abstract:
A hand tool is provided for the application of joint compound on wall board, having a planar blade affixed to an ergonomic handle. The blade has a concave arcuate working edge, wherein the concave arcuate curve extends the entire length of the working edge to each corner of the working edge. The concave arcuate working edge may be used to apply a self-feathered layer joint compound over drywall tape on planar butt joint or an inside corner joint. The blade is laterally flexible.

Claim (Index 4):
A method for applying joint compound to a butt joint between two drywall boards that form a planar surface, comprising:\n a. applying in sequence a layer of joint compound to the butt joint, a layer of tape, and a second layer of joint compound, b. wherein the tool of  claim 1  is pulled along the joint so the corners of the working edge of the tool are in contact with the planar surface and aligned approximately perpendicularly to the direction of the pulling, and c. wherein the pulling of the tool forms an angle defined by the surface of the wall, the corners of the working edge of the tool, and the plane of the blade, to spread and self-feather the second layer of joint compound over the tape, and d. wherein the self-feathered joint can be directly painted over to give a smooth wall.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71154
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12546003', '08585968', '10958752', '11277271', '12220822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8913527402159666
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4899782462611623
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8512152908204862
- Mean Citation Score: 189.584698
- Max Citation Score: 208.79431
- Similarity Product: 144.83470466511247

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