PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906851
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["052", "588100"]

Abstract:
A floor panel includes male and female coupling means that are formed by at least one proximal groove that opens onto a lower face or upper face, respectively, of the panel and by a distal flexible tongue that extends from the end of the edge of the panel towards the lower face or upper face, respectively. The tongue has a proximal wall inclined at an angle with respect to a vertical plane towards the bottom and the outside of the panel and towards the top and the outside of the panel, respectively. The tongue of at least one of the male coupling means or female coupling means has a distal wall that includes, at least, a protrusion or a notch that is able to engage with a notch or a protrusion formed in or on a proximal wall of the proximal groove of the corresponding female coupling means or male coupling means so as to form an end stop, avoiding vertical movement of a panel with respect to an adjacent panel. The flexible tongue of the female coupling means comprises a chamfered part that forms an angle of between 2° and 20° with respect to the main plane of the panel.

Claim (Index 9):
A floor panel having the form of a plank and/or tile and being made of a plastic material for producing a floor covering or similar, said panel comprising at least two pairs of opposing sides defining two adjacent edges comprising male coupling means and two opposing adjacent edges comprising female coupling means, the kinematic assembly of two adjacent panels being vertical, wherein the male-female coupling means comprise:\n the male coupling means being formed of at least one so-called proximal groove intended to open onto a lower face of the panel and of a flexible distal tongue intended to extend from one end of one edge of the panel towards the lower face of said panel, the female coupling means are formed of at least one proximal groove intended to open onto an upper face of the panel and of a flexible tongue intended to extend from one end of an opposite edge of the panel, towards the upper face of said panel, the deformable flexible distal tongue of the male coupling means has a proximal wall inclined at an angle \u03b2 with respect to a vertical plane towards the bottom and towards the outside, the flexible tongue of the female coupling means has a proximal wall inclined at an angle \u03b1 with respect to a vertical plane towards the top and towards the outside, the distal tongue of at least one of the male coupling means or female coupling means has a distal wall comprising, at least, a protrusion or a notch that is able to engage with a notch or a protrusion formed in or on a proximal wall of the proximal groove of the corresponding female coupling means or male coupling means of an adjacent panel so as to form an end stop, avoiding vertical movement of the panel with respect to an adjacent panel, wherein the flexible tongue of the female coupling means comprises a chamfered part intended to form an angle of between 2\u00b0 and 20\u00b0 with respect to the main plane of the panel, wherein said chamfered part gives rise to a reduction in the clipping force and to a deformation of the flexible tongue such that it is easier to assemble two adjacent panels.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.82667
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15506507', '16096025', '14635805', '16066973', '15110268']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8291248880167199
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6048246263961657
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8066948618546644
- Mean Citation Score: 320.738798
- Max Citation Score: 555.5422
- Similarity Product: 480.0674806190848

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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