PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16196974
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["052", "588100"]

Abstract:
A tile that may be used as a covering on a floor, wall, or other surface comprises a top section, a protective section, and a core layer, and an exposed portion formed along at least one of its sides and structured to represent an imitation but highly realistic looking grout line. In a preferred embodiment, the top section comprises a wear layer, a decorative layer and a polyvinyl chloride layer, and the core layer comprises a densified foam material. The protective section is disposed between the top section and the core layer, and preferably comprises both a protective layer and another decorative layer. The exposed portion structured to represent an imitation grout line is formed within the protective section and is resistant to staining. In some embodiments, the exposed portion is also formed across a middle section of the tile, and may further include an interconnecting mechanism to facilitate installation.

Claim (Index 20):
A tile comprising:\n a top section at least partially defining a top surface, said top section including a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) layer comprising a first density; a protective section comprising a protective layer and a decorative layer, a rigid core layer joined to said protective section, said rigid core layer comprising a densified foam material, said rigid core layer comprising a second density, a plurality of sides at least partially defined by said rigid core layer, a plurality of exposed portions each comprising a textured surface structured to represent a grout line, at least a first of said plurality of exposed portions disposed along a corresponding one of said plurality of sides, said at least one exposed portion defined within and exposing at least a portion of said protective layer, said decorative layer disposed between said protective layer and said rigid core layer, said protective layer comprising a substantially transparent material, said decorative layer visually observable through said protective layer, and said first density of said polyvinyl chloride (PVC) layer greater than said second density of said rigid core layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15584
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15949979', '15454650', '15950046', '10427778', '09955822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8623509767810988
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6011121731481365
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8362270964178026
- Mean Citation Score: 448.32881000000015
- Max Citation Score: 603.04083
- Similarity Product: 463.5026735538501

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