PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15936258
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["404", "035000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to an interlocking joint device and method of using same, configured to adapt to most existing industrial access matting products to create an overlapping lip configuration that: (1) interlocks pre-existing individual mats together; (2) protects the perimeter of the mat from excessive wear and damage to improve performance and versatility; and (3) provides a serviceable and/or replaceable part that creates an inexpensive alternative to replacing entire matting products.

Claim (Index 9):
A method of using a device as claimed in  claim 1  comprising the steps of, configuring an existing industrial matting, temporary roadway, support surface product with a recess on all sides capable of accepting an insertion of a properly configured first insertable tongue section; inserting a first insertable tongue section of a properly configured device of  claim 1  into the configured recess of one side of a configured industrial matting, temporary roadway, support surface product; repeating the foregoing until all sides of the industrial matting, temporary roadway, support surface product contain an inserted device of  claim 1 ; repeating the foregoing until a sufficient number of industrial matting, temporary roadway, support surface products are so configured; laying a corresponding male/top second protruding mating section over its corresponding female/bottom second protruding mating section of adjacent industrial matting, temporary roadway, support surface products' sides; inserting securing pins in cut-out holes aligned in the corresponding male/top second protruding mating section\u2014female/bottom second protruding mating section of adjacent industrial matting, temporary roadway, support surface products to secure them; repeating the foregoing as many times as desired to create a surface of a desired size.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.3125
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10394641', '15935733', '11444656', '15661400', '15294165']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6945229606000464
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4872615650556927
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6737968210456111
- Mean Citation Score: 153.036828
- Max Citation Score: 171.27693
- Similarity Product: 110.30352609074056

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

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