PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963935
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["052", "293300"]

Abstract:
A lateral force resistance system for a building is provided wherein a portal frame is constructed with a lapped connection between the supported structural member and the supporting structural member and the supporting structural member is made with an elongated member that spans the width of the supporting structural member and the height of the supporting structural member.

Claim (Index 1):
A lateral force resistance system in a building, the lateral force resistance system comprising;\n a. a foundation of said building which supports and anchors the other members of the lateral resistance system; b. a supported structural member having an elongated axis with a first connection end and a second connection end disposed oppositely along said elongated axis from said first connection end, said supported structural member being operatively connected to said foundation; and c. a supporting structural member also having an elongated axis with an upper connection end and a lower basal end disposed oppositely along said elongated axis from said upper connection end, said supporting structural member being operatively connected to both said supported structural member and said foundation, said elongated supported structural member and said elongated supporting structural member being in direct connection with each other at said first connection end of said supported structural member and said upper connection end of said supporting structural member with the elongated axes of said supported and said supporting structural members being non-parallel, said supported structural member and said supporting structural member forming a first side of a portal frame; wherein d. said portal frame has a longitudinal axis that runs parallel to the gravitational forces exerted on said portal frame, a lateral axis orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, said lateral axis of said portal frame being in general alignment with said elongated axis of said supported structural member, and a depth axis orthogonal to both said lateral and longitudinal axes, and said portal frame has a lateral width along said lateral axis, a longitudinal height along said longitudinal axis, and a depth along said depth axis, with said lateral width and said longitudinal height of said portal frame being much greater than said depth of said portal frame; e. said first connection end of said supported structural member is formed with a lapping surface that is not orthogonal to said longitudinal axis of said portal frame, and said first connection end of said supported structural member is formed with an abutment surface that is not parallel to said lateral axis of said portal frame; f. said supporting structural member has a lateral width along said lateral axis of said portal frame and a longitudinal height along said longitudinal axis of said portal frame, and said supporting structural member is formed with a lateral load resisting member formed from a single piece member that spans said lateral width and extends said longitudinal height, and said upper connection end of said supporting structural member is formed with a lapping surface that is not orthogonal to said longitudinal axis of said portal frame, and said upper connection end of said supporting structural members is formed with an abutment surface that is not parallel to said lateral axis of said portal frame and the lapping surface of the supporting structural member and the abutment surface of the supporting structural member are both formed on the lateral load resisting member, and g. said lapping surface of said supported structural member and said lapping surface of said supporting structural member correspond such that said lapping surfaces are disposed adjacent to each other, and said abutment surface of said supported structural member and said abutment surface of said supporting structural member correspond such that said abutment surfaces are disposed adjacent to each other.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78788
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10175227', '08975940', '09884709', '10637444', '11201155']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8183199076440003
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4972062658776205
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7862085434673624
- Mean Citation Score: 215.530098
- Max Citation Score: 223.20337
- Similarity Product: 141.12786317041935

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

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