PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15741978
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["362", "418000"]

Abstract:
A lighting module ( 10 ) is disclosed, comprising a first carrier substrate ( 1 ) and a lighting unit ( 2, 4 a - 4 d ). The first carrier substrate ( 1 ) is bendable. The first carrier substrate ( 1 ) is bent so as to form a tubular structure ( 5 ), which is elongated and possibly at least in part hollow, and has a central, longitudinal axis (LA). At least a portion of one side of the first carrier substrate ( 1 ) at least in part constitutes an outer surface ( 6 ) of the tubular structure ( 5 ) exhibiting a plurality of surface portions ( 6 a - 6 d ), with the plurality of surface portions ( 6 a - 6 d ) configured such that at least some of the surface portions ( 6 a - 6 d ) each has a surface normal ( 7 a,  7 d ) that is at an angle with respect to planes perpendicular to the central, longitudinal axis (LA) and passing through the respective surface portion ( 6 a - 6 d ). The lighting unit ( 2, 7 d  4 a - 4 d ) is coupled to the at least a portion of the one side of the first carrier substrate ( 1 ). By way of the geometrical configuration of the plurality of surface portions ( 6 a - 6 d ), the lighting unit ( 2, 4 a - 4 d ) and possibly at least one light-emitting element ( 4 a - 4 d ) included therein may have a main direction of light emission that is at an angle with respect to a plane that is passing through the tubular structure ( 5 ) and that is substantially perpendicular to the central, longitudinal axis (LA) of the tubular structure ( 5 ).

Claim (Index 13):
A method according to  claim 10 , wherein prior to bending the first carrier substrate so as to form the tubular structure, the first carrier substrate is planar; and wherein the method further comprises:\n providing a plurality of first cutaway portions at least in part on a first side edge of the first carrier substrate, the plurality of first cutaway portions being arranged in spaced relation relatively to each other; and providing a plurality of second cutaway portions at least in part on a second side edge of the first carrier substrate, the second side edge of the first carrier substrate being arranged opposite to the first side edge of the first carrier substrate and substantially parallel therewith, and the plurality of second cutaway portions being arranged in spaced relation relatively to each other; wherein each of the first and second cutaway portions has an extension into the first carrier substrate and ends in an inner point of the first carrier substrate, and wherein the inner points of the first cutaway portions are arranged in a first row and the inner points of the second cutaway portions are arranged in a second row parallel to the first row, and the inner points of the first row are staggered in relation to the inner points of the second row, or vice versa; wherein the bending of the first carrier substrate so as to form the tubular structure comprises: for each inner point of one of the first or second row, bending the first carrier substrate along the line or lines between the inner point and any adjacent, staggered inner point in the other row.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.72527
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15781140', '14917911', '13881418', '15580285', '15550221']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8422591390193278
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4817602996207165
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8062092550794666
- Mean Citation Score: 160.569604
- Max Citation Score: 176.75452
- Similarity Product: 117.29302956132892

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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