PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866263
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["220", "004260"]

Abstract:
A self aligning stacking ring guides stacked cans into alignment. The self aligning stacking ring includes radially protruding alignment bumps angularly spaced apart at a common radius corresponding to a recess in the bottom of common cans. The self aligning stacking ring guides tend to center a can placed over the self aligning stacking ring guides to make stacking cans easier and quicker.

Claim (Index 14):
A stacking ring comprising:\n a round body forming a ring and having a bottom and a top surface; an engagement groove in the bottom of the body configured to engage a can top; six angularly spaced apart raised arcs on the top surface of the body, the raised arcs extending about 50 degrees and separated by angular gaps of about ten degrees and have a height of about 0.085 inches; and about 36 angularly spaced apart bumps extending radially from the raised arcs, having the same height as the raised arcs and extending radially about 0.04 inches past the raised arcs.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69231
- Patent Class: 220.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14527723', '15053505', '13950468', '10622005', '11332492']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8081349431415897
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4729062307407985
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7746120719015106
- Mean Citation Score: 93.136782
- Max Citation Score: 97.04731
- Similarity Product: 57.99647154047906

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