PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15883106
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["141", "238000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with a fluid. The apparatus including a connector configured to removably couple the apparatus to a fluid source, a plurality of conduits, and a flow path providing fluid communication between the fluid source and each of the plurality of containers, each container being coupled to a respective one of the plurality of conduits via a knot formed from material forming a neck of the container, the knot being configured to releasably couple the container to the respective conduit and automatically seal the container when the container is decoupled from the apparatus.

Claim (Index 3):
A method of forming a knot using material from a neck of a container to releasably couple the container to a conduit, the method comprising:\n inserting a first end of the conduit within the neck of the container; stretching a first portion of the material in a first direction; restraining a second portion of the material and encircling the neck of the container with the first portion of the material to form an open loop with the material; inserting the first portion of the material through the loop; and cinching the first portion of the material to form a knot, wherein an interior of the conduit and an interior of the conduit are in fluid communication and the knot is configured to releasably couple the container to the respective conduit and automatically seal the container when the container is decoupled from the apparatus.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.1875
- Patent Class: 141.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15823314', '15359134', '15407985', '15722930', '15123434']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7196738824349549
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.482230251136512
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6959295193051106
- Mean Citation Score: 182.118132
- Max Citation Score: 189.51541
- Similarity Product: 136.92460629527213

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

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