PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977210
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["052", "588100"]

Abstract:
A vertical joint system for substrates is formed with joints and which engaged by relative motion in a direction perpendicular to major surfaces and of the substrate. The joints are configured to enable relative rotation of up to 3 degrees while maintaining engagement of the joints. The joints and are further configured to form two locking planes one on each of the inner and outer most sides of the joint. Engagement about the locking planes is provided by transverse outward extending surfaces. At least one surface in each pair of engaging surfaces is smoothly curved. The joints and can be further arranged to provide a third locking plane parallel to and between the locking planes. The joints are disengaged by combination of a downward rotation of one joint relative the other then application of a downward force.

Claim (Index 8):
The panel according to  claim 1  wherein the vertical joint system comprising:\n first and second non-symmetrical joints extending along opposite sides of a substrate, the first joint extending from the upper surface toward the lower surface and second joint extending from the lower surface toward the upper surface, a first joint locking surface being provided on an outermost side of the first joint, the first joint locking surface being arranged to engage with a second joint locking surface provided on an innermost side of the second joint and wherein the first joint locking surface does not extend laterally beyond an edge of the upper surface of a side of the substrate along which the first joint extends; \n the first and second joints being configured to enable two or more substrates to engage each other in response to a force applied in an engagement direction which is perpendicular to the major surfaces and to enable engaged substrates to be disengaged by: \n (a) lifting a first substrate in a direction opposite to the engagement direction to facilitate rotation of adjacent engaged substrates along opposite sides of the first substrate to lie in planes declined from the first substrate; and (b) subsequently applying a force in the engagement direction to the second joints of the engaged substrates.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84615
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14813684', '14014863', '14202260', '15507602', '10228672']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8724984023463107
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6008920437824997
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8453377664899296
- Mean Citation Score: 402.814694
- Max Citation Score: 563.79834
- Similarity Product: 481.90601358952415

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

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