PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862827
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["052", "545000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to structural panel systems with at least a four-layered generally in-plane sidelap, at least a three layer generally in-plane sidelap, or corner sidelaps of various layers, and methods for manufacturing and assembling structural panel systems with these types of sidelaps. The structural panels may be provided with an edge having a “lower lip” with two layers, and an opposite edge having an “upper lip” with two layers. Individual panels may be coupled together by placing the upper lip of a first panel over the lower lip of an adjacent panel, thus creating an un-joined sidelap. The lips may have nested portions for helping to place one lip over the other. The panels may be operatively coupled through various couplings configurations, such as fasteners, welding, cutting the sidelap, or the like. The present invention improves the shear strength of the structural panel system and reduces costs.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more couplings in the sidelap with three or more layers improves a shear strength of the sidelap with three or more layer by greater than a factor of 1.05 over a sidelap with two layers; wherein the one or more couplings in the sidelap with three or more layers results in the shear strength that is the same as or similar to the sidelap with two layers with at least 5 percent fewer couplings in the sidelap with three or more layers; or wherein the one or more couplings in the sidelap with three or more layers results in the shear strength that is the same as or similar to the sidelap with two layers having a material thickness of the first or second structural panels that is at least 5 percent thinner than a thickness of a structural panel of the sidelap with two layers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01205
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15153460', '15463937', '14689109', '15845653', '11904796']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8720318476462449
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6676713320003
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8515957960816504
- Mean Citation Score: 375.801024
- Max Citation Score: 588.9076
- Similarity Product: 536.8046384341717

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

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