PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16281371
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["052", "831000"]

Abstract:
A stud bridge member used in the construction industry to span horizontally between vertical metal framing components such as studs and used to brace the vertical metal framing components from various loads is disclosed. The stud bridge member has at least one gusset in a flange and at least one notch of a set of notches that engage with the vertical metal framing components providing a more firm support eliminating the use of a stud bridge clip and its associated costs and installation time for the vertical metal framing components.

Claim (Index 31):
An installation of a stud bridge member ( 100 ) and at least a first vertical metal framing member ( 800 ) comprising:\n the stud bridge member, and the at least a first vertical metal framing member; the stud bridge member comprising:\n a web ( 200 ) having a web outer side ( 240 ), a web inner side ( 260 ), a web first edge ( 210 ) and a web second edge ( 220 ) defining a web plane ( 250 ) having a longitudinal axis ( 500 ); \n a first flange ( 300 ) and a second flange ( 400 ) extending into a space on the web inner side ( 260 ); and \n at least one notch set comprising a first notch ( 600 ) and a second notch ( 700 ), \n with the first flange comprising a first flange first edge ( 320 ) and a first flange second edge ( 340 ) defining a first flange plane ( 350 ) with the first flange first edge joined with the web first edge at a first juncture ( 510 ) having a first juncture outside angle (\u0398 M1 ) from the web outer side to the first flange, with a corresponding explementary inner angle (\u03b1 M1 ), with the first juncture forming a first juncture line ( 520 ) which is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis; the second flange ( 400 ) comprising a second flange first edge ( 420 ) and a second flange second edge ( 440 ) defining a second flange plane ( 450 ) with the second flange first edge joined with the web second edge at a second juncture ( 530 ) having a second juncture outside angle (\u0398 M2 ) from the web outer side to the second flange, with a corresponding explementary inner angle (\u03b1 M2 ), with the second juncture forming a second juncture line ( 540 ) which is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis; the first juncture line, the first flange first edge, the first flange second edge, the second juncture line, the second flange first edge, and the second flange second edge being substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis; the first notch comprising a first notch length ( 620 ), a first notch width ( 640 ) measured perpendicular to the first notch length, and a first notch cut plane ( 630 ) wherein the first notch length begins in the first flange at a first flange notch point ( 680 ) and extends at least through the first juncture and to a web first notch point ( 660 ); the second notch comprising a second notch length ( 720 ), a second notch width ( 740 ) measured perpendicular to the second notch length, and a second notch cut plane ( 730 ), wherein the second notch length begins in the second flange ( 400 ) at a second flange notch point ( 780 ) and extends through at least the second juncture to a web second notch point ( 760 ), wherein either one of, or both, the first notch length and the second notch length do not extend completely across the respective first flange and second flange; and a line passing from the web first notch point to the web second notch point is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; the first vertical metal framing member comprising a first vertical metal framing member web, a first vertical metal framing member hole passing through the first vertical metal framing member web with the first vertical metal framing member hole having a first vertical metal framing member hole depth and a first vertical metal framing member hole length; wherein the bridge member passes through the first vertical metal framing member hole with the first notch and the second notch engaged with the first vertical metal framing member at the first vertical metal framing member hole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64286
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15987120', '09888897', '10325570', '10641062', '15449250']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8208209629064782
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5624970005507317
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7949885666709036
- Mean Citation Score: 279.289916
- Max Citation Score: 444.19263
- Similarity Product: 417.3566132396508

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