PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16290956
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["404", "040000"]

Abstract:
A bearing pad for receiving and retaining the substantially vertically oriented structural members of a module for use in constructing a pathway and supporting the pathway module on a ground surface can include a main body member having a lower ground engaging surface and a first slot defined by a first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member. The first slot can be planar and disposed transversely to the lower ground engaging surface of the main body member. The vertically oriented structural member that can be received and retained in the first slot by the first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for constructing a pathway comprising:\n a pathway module including:\n a top deck configured to cover a ground surface; and \n a rib extending away from the top deck; and \n a bearing pad configured to slidably receive the rib, including a main body member having a lower ground engaging surface on a first face and a first slot disposed on a second face, opposite the first face, the first slot being defined by a first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member, wherein the rib is configured to be received and retained in the first slot by the first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member; a shim securable to the bearing pad in underlying relation thereto, the shim including a central portion and a base portion that surrounds the central portion, the base portion having a perimeter edge, wherein the shim includes:\n an aperture disposed in the base portion adjacent to a portion of the perimeter edge; and \n a fastener extending through the aperture; \n wherein the fastener is configured to engage the base member of the bearing pad to securely retain the shim thereto.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28571
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15665563', '14562082', '14955266', '14955214', '15152860']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6716314209503039
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5957425546517482
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6640425343204484
- Mean Citation Score: 243.528986
- Max Citation Score: 488.9042
- Similarity Product: 483.1717358234048

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