PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16309096
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["404", "032000"]

Abstract:
A lightweight universal panel mat ( 100, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1100, 1500, 1800, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 ) made of plastic or elastomeric material and having a first section that provides a relatively flat, textured or structured top surface to facilitate movement over the mat and a second section having geometry that includes a plurality of cells having top surfaces that support the first section. The panel mats have first, second, third and fourth sides ( 110,120,135,145 ) that are configured to matingly engage or connect to the second, third, fourth and first sides, respectively. The connection can be by insertion or snap-locking of one side to another, or by the use of fastening elements that more securely holds the sides together. Thus, similarly configured panel mats can be connected by interlocking to form a temporary support surface, deck, walkway or roadway. Additional side ramps ( 2030 ) and adapters ( 2050 ) can be used to facilitate installation of the mats ( 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 ) and access to the upper surfaces of the joined mats.

Claim (Index 12):
The panel mat of  claim 11  wherein the first section has a relatively flat lower surface for contacting the cell sidewalls or closed tops for some or all of the cells of the second section and the first and second sections are molded together into a single component, and the mat further comprises one or more alignment tabs and one or more tab receiving slots with the tab(s) provided in one of the upper or lower structures and with the slot(s) provided in the other of the upper or lower structures, wherein each upper and lower structure includes a plurality of spaced openings with the openings of the upper and lower structures configured to be in alignment when overlapping the respective lower and upper structures of other like mats using the alignment tabs and slots; and wherein the openings are configured to interlock or to receive a fastening device therein when aligned to assist in more securely holding overlapped mats together.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07921
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15661400', '14317569', '15081340', '16003471', '15143990']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7063609641602777
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5453332678814578
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6902581945323958
- Mean Citation Score: 253.50283
- Max Citation Score: 383.3883
- Similarity Product: 311.2410215925694

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

Dataset: test