PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16104046
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["211", "090010"]

Abstract:
A floating shelf apparatus that includes a mounting bracket and a shelf. The mounting bracket is coupled directly to a support surface such as a wall and the shelf is mounted to the support surface to hang the shelf from the support surface. The mounting bracket includes a first portion that is coupled to the wall, a second portion having an S-shape that extends from a first end of the first portion, and a third portion having a linear shape that extends from a second end of the first portion. The shelf includes a ledge portion upon which items may be supported and a mounting portion that facilitates mounting the shelf to the mounting bracket. The mounting portion has a mounting element that interacts with the second portion of the mounting bracket to mount the shelf to the mounting bracket.

Claim (Index 20):
A floating shelf apparatus comprising:\n a shelf comprising a ledge portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion comprising a mounting element; a mounting bracket comprising:\n a first portion configured to be coupled to a wall with a rear surface of the first portion facing the wall, the rear surface lying in a plane; and \n a second portion extending from the first portion and comprising a top surface that is generally perpendicular to the plane, the top surface transitioning into a bent portion that faces the plane and is spaced apart from the plane by a gap; and \n wherein the mounting element of the shelf comprises a first portion that rests atop the top surface of the second portion of the mounting bracket and a second portion that extends into the gap between the bent portion of the second portion of the mounting bracket and the plane to mount the shelf to the mounting bracket.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.88235
- Patent Class: 211.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13590716', '15086995', '10938104', '11949504', '12386147']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.753394248995126
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4794551526301041
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7260003393586237
- Mean Citation Score: 204.487802
- Max Citation Score: 208.3937
- Similarity Product: 160.33134332755208

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