PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15936258
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["404", "035000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to an interlocking joint device and method of using same, configured to adapt to most existing industrial access matting products to create an overlapping lip configuration that: (1) interlocks pre-existing individual mats together; (2) protects the perimeter of the mat from excessive wear and damage to improve performance and versatility; and (3) provides a serviceable and/or replaceable part that creates an inexpensive alternative to replacing entire matting products.

Claim (Index 6):
The device of  claim 1  wherein the first insertable tongue section further comprises an at least one cut-out along its length.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.3125
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10394641', '15935733', '11444656', '15661400', '15294165']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7156793681426986
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5059071990473186
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6947021512331606
- Mean Citation Score: 153.036828
- Max Citation Score: 171.27693
- Similarity Product: 92.33693302057029

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

Dataset: test