PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16052852
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["198", "436000"]

Abstract:
The present application relates to an apparatus ( 10 ) for sorting a plurality of different objects and a corresponding method. The apparatus ( 10 ) comprises at least one first sorting stage ( 12 ) with at least two sorting lines ( 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5 ), each having an input end and an output end. The input ends of the sorting lines ( 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5 ) of the first sorting stage ( 12 ) are connected to an infeed conveyor ( 8 ) for feeding the objects, and the output ends of the sorting lines ( 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5 ) of the first sorting stage ( 12 ) are connected to a first transport conveyor ( 18 ) for carrying the objects further. Arranged at the output ends of each of the sorting lines ( 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5 ) is an interrupter ( 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5 ), which is designed to individually let out objects from the respective sorting line ( 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5 ), and arranged at the output ends of each of the sorting lines is a device ( 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5 ) for counting and/or identifying the objects let out of the respective sorting line ( 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5 ).

Claim (Index 8):
Method according to  claim 7  using an apparatus ( 10 ) according to one of  claims 2 ,  3  or  4  to  7  depending on  claim 2  or  3 , wherein the method comprises:\n carrying the first batch further out of the second sorting stage ( 22 ), \n feeding the second batch to the second sorting stage ( 22 ) and sorting the plurality of objects of the second batch into the sorting lines ( 24 . 1 ,  24 . 2 ,  24 . 3 ,  24 . 4 ,  24 . 5 ) of the second sorting stage ( 22 ) before the first batch has been completely carried further out of the second sorting stage ( 22 ), and \n feeding a third batch to the first sorting stage ( 12 ) and sorting the plurality of objects of the third batch into the sorting lines ( 14 . 1 ,  14 . 2 ,  14 . 3 ,  14 . 4 ,  14 . 5 ) of the first sorting stage ( 12 ) before the second batch has been completely carried further out of the first sorting stage ( 12 ) and has been fed to the second sorting stage ( 22 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.2625
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11519630', '11708433', '12937532', '14421925', '14778247']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6968675460148333
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4640879850283194
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6735895899161819
- Mean Citation Score: 142.682132
- Max Citation Score: 149.68643
- Similarity Product: 102.36635593409775

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