PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15952968
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["174", "559000"]

Abstract:
A portable gradient control plate providing protection against touch potentials for electrical workers that can be carried and set-up at workplace conveniently. The gradient control plate has a perforated top plate for stability and extra foot grip minimizing slip hazards. It is supported by aluminum members thus elevating the foot above grade. The gradient control plate can be folded through hinges and equipped with a handle introducing portability into the apparatus. Each aluminum plate is secured by a locking mechanism and bonded by a braided copper wire to ensure equipotential between plates. Aluminum rods for attaching hotline clamps will be placed on each side of the gradient control plate for electrical connection to the power source.

Claim (Index 1):
A portable gradient control mat in combination with energized equipment for supporting persons that are performing work on the energized equipment; the mat comprising:\n two panels formed of conductive material and defining respective upper supporting surfaces which are rigid, the upper supporting surfaces being adapted to support said persons standing on the upper supporting surfaces of the panels; a hinge mechanically coupling the two panels relative to one another such that the panels are pivotal between a working position in which the panels are substantially coplanar with one another and a stored position in which the panels are stacked adjacent one another; a flexible conductor which is joined between the two panels to define a conductive pathway between the two panels such that the conductive material of the panels is in conductive communication with one another independently of the hinge; a conductive cable operatively connected between the conductive material of the panels and the energized equipment such that the upper supporting surfaces of the panels define an equipotential zone in relation to the energized equipment; and a locking assembly operatively connected to the panels so as to be movable between a locked condition in which the panels are retained in the working position and in which the panels are substantially coplanar with one another and a released condition in which the panels are freely pivotal between the working position and the stored position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.46988
- Patent Class: 174.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15534759', '15673676', '15178254', '13842120', '15661400']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7983875005729051
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4800964372508491
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7665583942406995
- Mean Citation Score: 170.483092
- Max Citation Score: 177.2622
- Similarity Product: 130.8225633278489

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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