PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16102299
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["451", "028000"]

Abstract:
A method is disclosed for treating or maintaining a hard surface comprising a stone or stone-like material, the method comprising treatment of the surface with a flexible pad, in the presence of abrasive particles, bonded to the pad, on a contact surface between the pad and the hard surface, wherein the abrasive particles comprise diamond particles, and the treatment is performed in the absence of an effective amount of crystallization agent on the contact surface. The treatment is performed on a substantially regular basis, such as daily, weekly or monthly, and the treatment is performed using a pad comprising an open, lofty, three dimensional non-woven webs of fibers. A tool for use in the method is also provided, as well as a floor-surfacing machine comprising such a tool and a method for manufacturing such a tool. Furthermore, methods for treating or maintaining hard, smooth surfaces such as wood, polymer material, lacquer, linoleum, gelcoat, glass and automotive enamel are disclosed.

Claim (Index 2):
A method for maintaining a hard, smooth floor surface comprising a polymer material, the method comprising:\n treating the hard, smooth floor surface with a flexible pad comprising an open, lofty, three dimensional non-woven web of fibers, in the presence of abrasive particles, bonded to the pad, on a contact surface between the pad and the hard, smooth floor surface, wherein the abrasive particles comprise diamond particles of an average diameter of 0.1 to 30 m, preferably 0.1 to 15 m or 3 to 6 m, and wherein treating the hard, smooth floor surface is performed using said pad having: abrasive particles bonded thereto only in a vicinity of the contact surface, the fibers of the flexible pad are bonded to each other by a primary binder and/or via melt-bonding, and have the abrasive particles bonded thereto by a secondary binder, the abrasive particles are present throughout the secondary binder, a first portion of the flexible pad has the abrasive particles present in a first concentration, and a second portion of the flexible pad has the particles present in a second, lower concentration, and said second concentration is zero, such that the second portion is free from the abrasive particles, and wherein the flexible pad has a disc-shaped body having a thickness and a first surface, the abrasive particles being present on said first surface and down to a depth from said first surface, which depth is less than said thickness, such that said first portion is at said first surface and said second portion is at a second surface, opposite said first surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.24691
- Patent Class: 451.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11079081', '12427413', '13361698', '15405361', '14788824']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7013138063241189
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4973164343603314
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6809140691277402
- Mean Citation Score: 201.769864
- Max Citation Score: 312.08722
- Similarity Product: 257.42574578947904

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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