PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16309096
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["404", "032000"]

Abstract:
A lightweight universal panel mat ( 100, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1100, 1500, 1800, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 ) made of plastic or elastomeric material and having a first section that provides a relatively flat, textured or structured top surface to facilitate movement over the mat and a second section having geometry that includes a plurality of cells having top surfaces that support the first section. The panel mats have first, second, third and fourth sides ( 110,120,135,145 ) that are configured to matingly engage or connect to the second, third, fourth and first sides, respectively. The connection can be by insertion or snap-locking of one side to another, or by the use of fastening elements that more securely holds the sides together. Thus, similarly configured panel mats can be connected by interlocking to form a temporary support surface, deck, walkway or roadway. Additional side ramps ( 2030 ) and adapters ( 2050 ) can be used to facilitate installation of the mats ( 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 ) and access to the upper surfaces of the joined mats.

Claim (Index 24):
The invention of  claim 23 , wherein the openings are configured to interlock or to receive a fastening device, and wherein five openings are provided on the upper structures and seven openings are provided on the lower structures to allow adjacent mats to be assembled by aligning at least some of the openings of the upper structure over the openings of the lower structure in full adjacent relation, or in a staggered configuration wherein adjacent mats are arranged in a \u2153, \u00bd or \u2154 extension overlap depending upon which two openings on the lower structure are overlaid with the corner opening and adjacent opening of the upper structure before receiving a fastening device therein in each overlaid pair of openings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07921
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15661400', '14317569', '15081340', '16003471', '15143990']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7064095730470132
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5452925413944653
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6902978698817585
- Mean Citation Score: 253.50283
- Max Citation Score: 383.3883
- Similarity Product: 309.4746747781277

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

Dataset: test