PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15757460
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "772000"]

Abstract:
A carrier for mounting linear panels on a ceiling, the carrier extending in a longitudinal direction and having at least one recess formed therein, the recess being for receiving a linear ceiling panel, the recess extending through the cross-section of the carrier, the recess being defined by a surface comprising at least a first wall portion and a second wall portion, the recess separating the first wall portion from the second wall portion, and the second wall portion, defining a flange which partially extends into the recess, thereby providing the recess with a neck portion and a main portion, and wherein the neck portion has, at its narrowest point, a distance d1 of less than 9 mm separating the first wall portion from the second wall portion.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of mounting a linear ceiling panel in a carrier comprising the steps of:\n providing a linear ceiling panel mounting system in accordance with  claim 5 ; bending, prior to or during mounting of the panel, a flange of the panel towards an. adjacent part of the panel; inserting the flange and adjacent part of the panel into a recess of the carrier, such that the flange passes past the neck portion of the recess into the main portion of the recess, the resilient nature of the flange then urging the flange to return to its original configuration once it is no longer constrained by the neck portion of the recess.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.24194
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15807744', '14555038', '14554983', '14554938', '14554869']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8078843367163243
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4907746701014149
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7761733700548333
- Mean Citation Score: 200.995242
- Max Citation Score: 206.02177
- Similarity Product: 136.31760781394124

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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