PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16057203
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["052", "698000"]

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for joining sections of sheet material (e.g., drywall) are provided. The sheet material joining apparatus or connector comprises an elongated body having two channels disposed such that the ends of two sections of sheet material may be secured therein. The channels are defined by front and back walls interconnected via an internal rib. The front wall is configured to be disposed on the exposed side of the sheet material and the back wall is configured to be disposed on the back or hidden side of the sheet material, while the back wall takes the form of a convex arced surface. The convex arced surface is configured to be engaged by one or more securing elements (e.g., screw), and during such engagement to exert a resilient force onto the adjoining sections of sheet material to draw them inward toward the back wall of the connector.

Claim (Index 14):
The method of  claim 8 , wherein the connecting wall is a substantially flat elongated planar surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 33.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05128
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14692327', '10864038', '14670928', '14065288', '11901057']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7977394777832053
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4776044660812026
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7657259766130051
- Mean Citation Score: 131.201168
- Max Citation Score: 133.28114
- Similarity Product: 91.41091281838774

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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