PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16186646
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["101", "040100"]

Abstract:
A mandrel wherein a portion of the mandrel body outer surface is conical; i.e., flared outwardly, is provided. In this configuration, the necked can is drawn against the conical portion of the mandrel body outer surface while a generally cylindrical portion of the mandrel body extends into the can. Further, the space between the cylindrical portion of the mandrel body and the can is pressurized so as to resist deformations in the can during the decorating process. In an exemplary embodiment, the mandrel includes an elongated mandrel body with an outer surface, a proximal, first end, a proximal medial portion, a distal medial portion, and a distal, second end and having an axis of rotation. The mandrel body outer surface includes an elongated conical portion; the mandrel body outer surface conical portion is disposed adjacently about the mandrel body first end.

Claim (Index 6):
A mandrel assembly for a can decorator, said mandrel assembly comprising:\n a mandrel shaft assembly including an elongated body, said mandrel shaft body including an outer surface, a proximal, first end and a distal, second end; wherein said mandrel shaft outer surface is generally cylindrical; a mandrel including a hollow, elongated mandrel body including an outer surface, a proximal, first end, a proximal medial portion, a distal medial portion, and a distal, second end and having an axis of rotation; said mandrel body defining an enclosed space; said mandrel body outer surface including an elongated conical portion, said mandrel body outer surface conical portion disposed adjacently about said mandrel body proximal, first end; and said mandrel body coupled to said mandrel shaft assembly with said mandrel shaft assembly body partially disposed in said mandrel body enclosed space.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.48438
- Patent Class: 101.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15381165', '13456579', '12797074', '15064671', '14880467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7374011847032239
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5393244405089164
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7175935102837931
- Mean Citation Score: 235.339336
- Max Citation Score: 382.03604
- Similarity Product: 366.18109948335166

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

Dataset: test