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 16):
A method of assembling a structural decking panel system, the method comprising:\n assembling a first structural panel to at least one of two or more support members, wherein the first structural panel comprises first top flanges, first bottom flanges, first webs, and at least one edge comprising an upper lip, wherein the first top flanges are operatively coupled to the first bottom flanges through the first webs; assembling a second structural panel to at least one of the two or more support members, wherein the second structural panel comprises second top flanges, second bottom flanges, second webs, and at least one edge comprising a lower lip having a nested portion formed at a distal portion of the lower lip that extends from a proximate portion of the lower lip, wherein the second top flanges are operatively coupled to the second bottom flanges through the second webs; assembling the upper lip of the first structural panel over the lower lip of the second structural panel to create a nested sidelap with three or more layers, wherein the nested sidelap comprises the nested portion of the lower lip that extends around a web of the first webs adjacent the upper lip such that a flange corner of the first structural panel and the nested portion of the lower lip rest within each other, and wherein the proximate portion of the lower lip and the upper lip are in a generally in-plane orientation with respect to the first structural panel and the second structural panel; and forming one or more couplings in the three or more layers of the nested sidelap to couple the first structural panel to the second structural panel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01205
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15153460', '15463937', '14689109', '15845653', '11904796']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8582433710097862
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6652715003205733
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.838946183940865
- Mean Citation Score: 375.801024
- Max Citation Score: 588.9076
- Similarity Product: 535.4031357208966

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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