PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16160558
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["294", "086400"]

Abstract:
Robotic grippers have been employed to grasp and manipulate target objects. One task posing relatively unique problems is the handling of meat products, which can be difficult to grasp with a conventional gripper due to the surface texture and malleability of the meat, among other factors. This is particularly problematic when the meat product includes a bone, which has different properties from the relatively malleable meat surrounding it. Exemplary embodiments described herein provide robotic grippers having one or more fingers and a layered plate. The layered structure defines grooves sized and configured to lead in and capture the bone structure of the meat product. The grooves provide a backstop for the meat as well as preventing rotation or translation of the bone structure, thus allowing a firm grasp to be secured on the meat product.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 11 , wherein the third layer comprises two angled protrusions on a first side of the bumper plate and a third protrusion on a second side of the bumper plate opposite the first side, the third protrusion having an edge facing the two angled protrusions that is substantially flat or indented, and further comprising positioning the robotic end effector so that the meat product is between the two angled protrusions and the edge of the third protrusion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64773
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15967210', '16160580', '16160604', '15180653', '15411212']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6931524042313777
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5177297197182988
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6756101357800698
- Mean Citation Score: 131.20241099999998
- Max Citation Score: 143.46255
- Similarity Product: 74.52258913677335

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