PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16005364
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["052", "588100"]

Abstract:
A panel, which, at two opposite edges, is provided with coupling parts that allow joining by a downward movement, said coupling parts including a male part that fits in a female part, wherein vertically active locking portions are provided at opposite sides of the male part and female part, wherein these locking portions are located at different distances from an upper side of the panels.

Claim (Index 1):
A floor panel comprising:\n an upper surface, a lower surface, a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges; a core layer and a decor layer; the floor panel at the first pair of opposite edges comprising coupling parts that in a coupled condition of two of the panels provide a locking in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the coupled panels, as well as in a direction parallel to the plane of the coupled panels and perpendicular to respective edges of the panels, said coupling parts at the first pair of opposite edges being configured such that they allow that two of the panels can be joined by an angling movement of one panel in respect to a second panel; said second pair of edges comprising a first edge having a first joint profile and a second edge having a second joint profile; said joint profiles being in one piece from the panel material; said joint profiles defining coupling parts allowing that two of the panels can be joined by a downward movement of the first edge of a first panel in respect to the second edge of a second panel; said joint profiles in a coupled condition providing a locking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled panels, as well as in a direction parallel to the plane of the coupled panels and perpendicular to the respective edges; the first joint profile comprising a first laterally projecting lip with a downward projecting locking part, said downward projecting locking part defining a male part; the second joint profile comprising a second laterally projecting lip with an upward projecting locking part, said upward projection locking part defining proximally thereof a recess configured as a female part; the first laterally projecting lip with the downward projecting locking part defining a downward directed hook, whereas the second laterally projecting lip with the upward projecting locking part defines an upward directed hook; wherein, in the coupled condition of two of such panels, the downward directed hook and upward directed hook engage behind each other to prevent drifting apart of the panels in the direction parallel to the plane of the coupled panels and perpendicular to the respective edges; said coupling parts at the second pair of opposite edges comprising vertically active locking portions which at least define a first point of contact and a second point of contact; said vertically active locking portions comprising at said first joint profile a first locking portion and a second locking portion and at said second joint profile a third locking portion and a fourth locking portion; said first and third locking portions comprising contact surfaces which in the coupled condition of two of such panels define said first point of contact; said second and fourth locking portions comprising contact surfaces which in the coupled condition of two of such panels define said second point of contact; said male part having a distal side and a proximal side, said first locking portion being located at the proximal side and said second locking portion being located at the distal side; wherein, in a coupled condition, the contact surfaces of said second point of contact include portions which are located above a horizontal level defined by the upper edge of said upward projecting locking part; wherein, in a coupled condition, above the upward projecting locking part a space is present; and wherein said second laterally projecting lip has a distal end, said distal end being free from vertically active locking portions.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53191
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14633923', '15419505', '15543880', '15543908', '13876799']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8339372298608858
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5089400483134254
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8014375117061397
- Mean Citation Score: 262.775164
- Max Citation Score: 307.07184
- Similarity Product: 274.5443146663857

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

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