PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862827
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["052", "545000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to structural panel systems with at least a four-layered generally in-plane sidelap, at least a three layer generally in-plane sidelap, or corner sidelaps of various layers, and methods for manufacturing and assembling structural panel systems with these types of sidelaps. The structural panels may be provided with an edge having a “lower lip” with two layers, and an opposite edge having an “upper lip” with two layers. Individual panels may be coupled together by placing the upper lip of a first panel over the lower lip of an adjacent panel, thus creating an un-joined sidelap. The lips may have nested portions for helping to place one lip over the other. The panels may be operatively coupled through various couplings configurations, such as fasteners, welding, cutting the sidelap, or the like. The present invention improves the shear strength of the structural panel system and reduces costs.

Claim (Index 7):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the sidelap is a nested sidelap, and wherein the upper lip of the nested sidelap comprises:\n a nested portion formed at a distal portion of the upper lip of the first structural panel that extends from the generally in-plane orientation of a proximate portion of the upper lip; wherein the nested portion extends around a web of the second webs adjacent the lower lip such that a flange corner of the second structural panel and the nested portion of the upper lip rest within each other; and wherein the nested portion of the upper lip of the second structural panel inhibits movement between the first structural panel and the second structural panel of the nested sidelap before the one or more couplings are formed in the nested sidelap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01205
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15153460', '15463937', '14689109', '15845653', '11904796']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8704746139631592
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6756680957677001
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8509939621436132
- Mean Citation Score: 375.801024
- Max Citation Score: 588.9076
- Similarity Product: 568.4735380993842

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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