PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16020486
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["229", "100000"]

Abstract:
Methods, articles, and apparatus that provide a dual function closure/opening system that utilizes a tape serving as both a sealing closure and as an opening mechanism. For example, in one embodiment, a single adhesive tape is introduced between a container flap and a container panel and then the container flap and the container panel are pressed together forming a bond between the flap and the panel via the adhesive tape thereby closing the container. In another embodiment, one end of a container includes two overlapping flaps and a single adhesive tape is introduced between the overlap of the two container flaps and then the container flaps are pressed together forming a bond between the flaps via the adhesive tape thereby closing the container. The methods and apparatus disclosed herein are directed to any container with at least one flap that overlaps a side panel of the container or that overlaps another flap.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for sealing a container, comprising:\n (a)(1) providing an article having at least one side panel and at least one end panel, wherein there is at least one opening/closing flap contiguous with the at least one end panel; or (a)(2) providing an article having at least one end first opening/closing flap and at least one side panel, wherein there is a second opening/closing flap contiguous with the at least one side panel; (b)(1) activating a single tape comprising a carrier substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, a first activatable adhesive composition disposed on the carrier substrate first surface and a second activatable adhesive composition disposed on the carrier substrate second surface, and contacting the activated tape to a surface of the side panel or to a surface of the opening/closing flap of the (a)(1) article, or contacting the activated tape to a surface of the first opening/closing flap or to a surface of the second opening/closing flap of the (a)(2) article; or (b)(2) contacting a single tape to a surface of the side panel or to a surface of the opening/closing flap of the (a)(1) article, or contacting a single tape to a surface of the first opening/closing flap or to a surface of the second opening/closing flap of the (a)(2) article, the tape comprising a carrier substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, a first activatable adhesive composition disposed on the carrier substrate first surface and a second activatable adhesive composition disposed on the carrier substrate second surface, and then activating the tape; and (c) contacting a surface of the side panel against a surface of the opening/closing flap so the activated tape forms a bond in a single operation between the surface of the side panel and the surface of the opening/closing flap of the (a)(1) article, or contacting a surface of the second opening/closing flap against a surface of the first opening/closing flap so the activated tape forms a bond in a single operation between the surface of the first opening/closing flap and the surface of the second opening/closing flap for the (a)(2) article.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36765
- Patent Class: 229.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13114993', '15529707', '11123240', '09193889', '11983984']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7652690187454807
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4484096410014153
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7335830809710742
- Mean Citation Score: 184.60725
- Max Citation Score: 217.58063
- Similarity Product: 160.20980356945515

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

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