PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128866
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["156", "072000"]

Abstract:
A dimensionally stable universal floor covering includes a tufted textile having stitches and a reinforcement layer of fibers and adhesive providing dimensional stability for the entire floor covering. The fibers and adhesive are mixed and then moved by an applicator towards the stitches. A slip path is formed to improve the movement of the fibers and adhesive. A releasable adhesive or gecko-like cover system is provided which also provides additional strength and stability and a releasable attachment of the universal floor covering to a supporting surface.

Claim (Index 6):
The method of manufacturing a floor covering according to  claim 1  further comprising engaging the fibers and adhesive with peaks and valleys in the applicator to assist in aligning the fibers in the first direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63636
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15879520', '15372465', '15607789', '15155348', '15098509']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9297442254981436
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6411386352340488
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.900883666471734
- Mean Citation Score: 579.819604
- Max Citation Score: 645.72284
- Similarity Product: 561.1077957074214

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

Dataset: test