PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16152844
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["411", "487000"]

Abstract:
An improved fastener for securing a first building component to a second building component is provided. The fastener includes a head, a shank, and a tip. The shank is connected to the head and extends along a longitudinal axis to the tip. The shank includes an upper shank portion, a lower shank portion, and a transition zone. The upper shank portion is located adjacent to the head. The lower shank portion is spaced from the upper shank portion and is located adjacent to the tip. The transition zone is positioned longitudinally between the upper shank portion and the lower shank portion. The transition zone is longitudinally spaced from the head by a pre-determined distance. The pre-determined distance is associated with a thickness of the first building component such that the transition zone is aligned with a joint between the first and second building components.

Claim (Index 6):
The fastener as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said transition zone has a bulbous shape and a transition zone diameter that is greater than said shank diameter across at least part of said transition zone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.01923
- Patent Class: 411.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15100168', '14735920', '10925475', '11110168', '11651781']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7848425274487864
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4815294277097016
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7545112174748779
- Mean Citation Score: 246.491208
- Max Citation Score: 294.33517
- Similarity Product: 207.2207655163133

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

Dataset: test