PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16084342
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["053", "232000"]

Abstract:
A folding unit for producing packages ( 2 ) from sealed packs ( 3 ) comprises an endless conveyor ( 23 ) carrying a plurality of paddles ( 30 ) arranged for moving said packs ( 3 ) along an advancement direction and fold said packs ( 3 ) into formed packages ( 2 ), each paddle ( 30 ) having a first surface ( 80 ) intended to interact with a first pack ( 3 ) to form a portion of a corresponding first package ( 2 ) and a second surface ( 81 ) intended to interact with a second pack ( 3 ) to form a portion of a corresponding second package ( 2 ), said folding unit further comprises releasable connecting elements ( 42 ) arranged for releasably connecting said paddles ( 30 ) to said endless conveyor ( 23 ).

Claim (Index 14):
A folding unit for producing packages from sealed packs, comprising:\n an endless chain conveyor carrying a plurality of paddles configured to move the packs along an advancement direction and to fold the packs into the produced packages, each paddle having a first surface configured to interact with a first pack to form a portion of a corresponding first package and a second surface configured to interact with a second pack to form a portion of a corresponding second package, wherein the chain conveyor further includes:\n a plurality of connected links, each link carrying a corresponding paddle of the plurality of paddles, wherein each paddle comprises a seat, and wherein each link comprises: \n a plate; and \n a body projecting from the plate and configured to be received in the seat; and \n a releasable connecting element corresponding to each paddle and configured to releasably connect the corresponding paddle to the corresponding link of the chain conveyor, wherein each releasable connecting element comprises:\n a screw having an elongated body, \n a head, and \n a threaded portion, \n wherein each paddle comprises a first end surface that abuts the plate of the corresponding link when the paddle is connected to the body of the corresponding link by the corresponding releasable connecting element, wherein the head abuts a second end surface of the corresponding paddle, wherein the second end surface is opposite to the first end surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50847
- Patent Class: 53.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14127503', '15128555', '14127586', '15327542', '14127505']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7779351110774676
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5147723923041005
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7516188392001308
- Mean Citation Score: 311.099482
- Max Citation Score: 327.6733
- Similarity Product: 225.78944573907847

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

Dataset: test