PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879637
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["062", "344000"]

Abstract:
A refrigerator appliance and ice maker apparatus are included herein. The ice maker apparatus may include a casing, an auger, a discrete flange, and an extruder die. The casing may define a chamber about a central axis. The casing may extend along the central axis between a top portion and a bottom portion. The casing may include a first material. The auger may be disposed within the chamber of the casing. The discrete flange may be selectively mounted on the casing. The discrete flange may include a second material that is unique from the first material. The extruder die may be attached to the discrete upper flange and positioned above the casing.

Claim (Index 10):
The ice maker apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the auger comprises a central shaft and a flight sleeve selectively positioned about the central shaft, wherein the flight sleeve comprises one or more helical flights extending radially outward away from the central shaft, wherein the central shaft comprises a shaft material, and wherein the flight sleeve comprises a sleeve material that is unique from the shaft material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2963
- Patent Class: 62.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15208673', '15045432', '15045397', '15045456', '15006216']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8422524621057401
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5480009716058664
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8128273130557527
- Mean Citation Score: 339.665086
- Max Citation Score: 398.2404
- Similarity Product: 288.2275795020104

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

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