PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862388
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["004", "633000"]

Abstract:
A seamless undermount sink system includes a countertop having a sink mounting aperture disposed therethrough. The system also includes a sink having a sidewall with a rimless upper edge therearound. A mounting assembly includes a mounting bracket attached to a portion of the sink and a mounting gasket which is secured to a bottom surface of the countertop. An interface is formed between the rimless upper edge of the sink and the sink mounting aperture through the countertop. A sealant is disposed in the interface between the rimless upper edge of the sink and the sink mounting aperture though the countertop to prevent water, food, or other debris from getting in between the sink and the countertop.

Claim (Index 1):
A seamless undermount sink system comprising:\n a countertop having a top surface and a bottom surface, a sink mounting aperture disposed through said countertop, a sink comprising a rimless upper edge, a mounting assembly comprising a mounting bracket attached to a portion of said sink, said mounting bracket having at least one mounting flange aperture therethrough, a mounting gasket assembly comprising a mounting gasket secured to said bottom surface of said countertop, said mounting gasket having a gasket aperture dimensioned to receive said rimless upper edge of said sink therethrough, at least one mount member connected to said mounting gasket, said at least one mount member disposed through said at least one mounting flange aperture, and at least one fastener engaging said at least one mount member thereby securing said sink in an installed orientation via said mounting bracket, said installed orientation being at least partially defined by said rimless upper edge of said sink disposed substantially coplanar with said top surface of said countertop when said sink is positioned through said gasket aperture and into said sink mounting aperture through said bottom surface of said countertop.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33962
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15631136', '14465337', '14829734', '11953047', '14142302']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8330595391746595
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.600601682365097
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8098137534937032
- Mean Citation Score: 483.097258
- Max Citation Score: 582.9021
- Similarity Product: 430.5935176323474

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

Dataset: test