PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16185192
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["118", "308000"]

Abstract:
A method and system for powder coating non electrically conductive elements, preferably brake pads. A pre-treatment station is upstream of an electrostatic powder coating deposition station and a baking station for melting and polymerizing the powder coating in order to form a coating layer on a surface to be coated. The pre-treatment station causes the elements to be coated to conduct electrically by uniformly wetting said elements by means of creating poorly mineralized water covalent bonds on at least one surface to be coated, in an amount aimed at producing a measurable weight increase in the non electrically conductive elements, which then causes them to conduct electrically. The water adsorbed and/or deposited is subsequently eliminated within the baking station.

Claim (Index 1):
A plant effective to apply a powder coating layer upon a plurality of electrically non-conductive elements, said plant comprising:\n a pre-treating station adapted to render the plurality of electrically non-conductive elements temporarily electrically conductive; a coating station downstream of the pre-treating station having at least one dispensing nozzle that enables painting powders to be electrostatically applied to the plurality of temporarily electrically conductive elements; a station downstream of the coating station that is adapted to melt and polymerize the painting powders applied to the plurality of temporarily electrically conductive elements; and at least one conveyor device extending along a path through each said station, enabling transit of the plurality of electrically non-conductive elements, wherein the pre-treating station is adapted to create water to be covalently retained on at least one surface of the plurality of electrically non-conductive elements in order to produce a measurable increase of weight in the electrically non-conductive elements and in order to render the plurality of elements electrically conductive; the station adapted to melt and polymerize being further adapted to eliminate at least part of the water previously retained on the plurality of electrically non-conductive elements by evaporation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14442430', '10636367', '13173237', '12334831', '11076091']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7801474455004649
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5122598217077767
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7533586831211961
- Mean Citation Score: 146.847307
- Max Citation Score: 308.96005
- Similarity Product: 239.546752786398

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

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