PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036540
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["220", "676000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is a product and method for conveniently cleaning a single cup brewing machine's pod/cup canister. The present invention is also an improved pod/cup that reduces the chance for over pressurization and unwanted explosions during the brewing process. The pod/cup according to the invention is designed in the same general shape and configuration as a pod/cup intended to be used in the machine with a plurality of apertures in the side of the pod. This invention also includes an improved machine canister with a plurality of piercing pins. Still further, the invention includes a new cup puncture device with puncture pins or blades that can be used on the pod prior to insertion into the canister.

Claim (Index 20):
A pod for a brewing machine comprising a plastic cup shaped housing having a round bottom, a side wall having an inside surface and an outside surface, said side wall connected to the bottom and extending upward from said bottom, said bottom and said side wall forming an internal compartment with an interior surface on said bottom and said inside of said side wall, said top of said side wall comprising a rim with a flat lip;\n said side wall comprising eight round apertures through the side wall, said apertures positioned circumferentially and equally spaced around said side wall, said apertures all at the same height up from said bottom; said side wall comprising a foil cover sealed on the top of said rim forming a watertight seal on the top of said pod; and said apertures positioned about \u00be of an inch down from said top of said side wall.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86567
- Patent Class: 220.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14630135', '13117528', '15955486', '12960496', '15809057']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8167561072285697
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.579923447678617
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7930728412735745
- Mean Citation Score: 299.3728220000001
- Max Citation Score: 523.8537
- Similarity Product: 433.1972960342288

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

Dataset: test