PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036849
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["052", "698000"]

Abstract:
A bracket for attaching a decking member to a supporting member comprises a main flange, a side flange extending approximately perpendicular to the main flange, at least one through hole defined in the side flange for receiving a fastener to attach the bracket to a side of a decking member and at least one protrusion extending from a lower side of the main flange and serving to contact the supporting member and to space the bracket and decking member above the supporting member. A method of securing a decking member to a supporting member is also described.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 11 , wherein the side flange is secured to the side surface of the decking member before the main flange is secured to the upper surface of the supporting member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34884
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12863217', '14199113', '11717395', '10887206', '15081927']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8252320861780015
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.484492453883488
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7911581229485501
- Mean Citation Score: 196.732606
- Max Citation Score: 226.3825
- Similarity Product: 177.70153817594053

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test