PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16168935
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["156", "244110"]

Abstract:
A method of installing a laminate wood floor over a subflooring is provided. The method includes a layered composition including a foam sheet and a melted portion, the melted portion being a surface polymer layer that provides a smooth surface. The foam sheet being a polymer that provides cushioning, the foam sheet and the melted portion being formed of the same material. The method includes placing the layered melted portion-foam composition over the subflooring. The method further includes laying the laminate wood floor over the layered melted portion-foam composition.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of forming a floor underlayment for placement between a laminate wood floor and a subflooring, the method comprising:\n forming a foam sheet from a polymer; and cooling at least one surface of the foam sheet to form a vapor barrier portion that is integrally formed with the foam sheet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15219821', '11216777', '13906666', '12707175', '11261977']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8935900661472588
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5370324434494909
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.857934303877482
- Mean Citation Score: 231.099332
- Max Citation Score: 382.4204
- Similarity Product: 322.2230024024963

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