PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16060457
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["401", "088000"]

Abstract:
A new lip balm applicator is described, which comprises an upper portion and a lower portion which have interengageable connecting means and a support for supporting a solidified lip balm material. The lower portion comprises supporting ribs formed on the inner surface of the lower portion and a lower opening having a closing lid and the solidified lip balm material is circumventing at least part of the supporting ribs. Further a novel method for manufacturing a lip balm applicator is described.

Claim (Index 8):
A method for manufacturing a lip balm applicator comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, which portions have interengageable connecting means for connecting the upper and lower portions, and a support for supporting a solidified balm material, wherein the method comprises following steps: forming on the inner surface of the lower portion supporting ribs projecting from the inner surface essentially in a direction parallel to the central axis of the lower portion, which supporting ribs provide the support, and providing the lower portion with a lower opening, which can be closed by a closing lid, the upper portion and the lower portion are assembled by interengaging the connecting means, the assembled lip balm applicator is then turned upside down, thereafter a liquified lip balm material is poured into the opening until at least part of the projecting supporting ribs are covered by the liquified balm material, and then the lip balm material is allowed to cool down in order to solidify and the opening is closed by the closing lid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84783
- Patent Class: 401.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15275979', '15016257', '12632114', '15959200', '15275783']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6809704501960211
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4609444600950741
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6589678511859264
- Mean Citation Score: 225.48271
- Max Citation Score: 227.64766
- Similarity Product: 183.587488767798

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

Dataset: test