PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16047601
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["264", "320000"]

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to forming shaped thermoplastic articles having smooth peripheries. Many thermoplastic articles have sharp edges formed upon molding or cutting the article from a feedstock sheet. Such sharp edges can damage thin plastic films or flesh which they contact, and smoothing the edges is desirable. Described herein are methods of forming a smooth periphery for such sharp-edged articles by rolling over the sharp edge. The smoothing operation is performed by forming a deflectable flange including a bend region separated from the potentially sharp peripheral edge by a spacer, deflecting a portion of the deflectable flange, and softening at least one bent portion of the deflectable flange to yield a smooth periphery upon cooling. The deflection can include curling the spacer at or near the peripheral edge.

Claim (Index 12):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the ram has a heating element associated therewith and wherein the portion of the spacer is heated to the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic by transferring heat from the heating element to the ram and thence to the portion of the spacer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 74.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73418
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15658785', '15445220', '15626013', '15787261', '15674787']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8932212621579295
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6090845235555316
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8648075882976898
- Mean Citation Score: 526.010184
- Max Citation Score: 569.2051
- Similarity Product: 393.5390373828472

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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