PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16196974
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["052", "588100"]

Abstract:
A tile that may be used as a covering on a floor, wall, or other surface comprises a top section, a protective section, and a core layer, and an exposed portion formed along at least one of its sides and structured to represent an imitation but highly realistic looking grout line. In a preferred embodiment, the top section comprises a wear layer, a decorative layer and a polyvinyl chloride layer, and the core layer comprises a densified foam material. The protective section is disposed between the top section and the core layer, and preferably comprises both a protective layer and another decorative layer. The exposed portion structured to represent an imitation grout line is formed within the protective section and is resistant to staining. In some embodiments, the exposed portion is also formed across a middle section of the tile, and may further include an interconnecting mechanism to facilitate installation.

Claim (Index 13):
The tile as recited in  claim 10  wherein said exposed portion is defined within and exposes at least a portion of said protective layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15584
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15949979', '15454650', '15950046', '10427778', '09955822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8789825767707448
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5848824749909127
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8495725665927616
- Mean Citation Score: 448.32881000000015
- Max Citation Score: 603.04083
- Similarity Product: 399.321652619682

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