PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875968
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["101", "040100"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and methods of monitoring and adjusting a decorator for metallic containers are provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods used to provide a decoration on a predetermined portion of a metallic container body. The decorator includes a sensor that senses decorations on metallic containers. A control system receives information related to the sensed decorations from the sensor and then determines if the decorations at least meet predetermined color, density, thickness, orientation, and consistency targets. The control system can optionally automatically adjust elements of the decorator to correct a deficient decoration. In one embodiment, the control system can automatically send a signal to the decorator to adjust the color, density, orientation, positioning, and consistency of decorations transferred to the metallic containers. In another embodiment, the control system can send a signal to adjust a position of an inking assembly, an ink roller, a ductor roller a plate cylinder, a printing plate, a blanket cylinder, and a transfer blanket of the decorator.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of optimizing a decoration formed by a decorator on an exterior surface of a metallic container, comprising:\n providing the metallic container; feeding the metallic container into a decorator at a predetermined rate of speed; decorating the metallic container with the decorator which includes an inking assembly, a printing plate, a transfer blanket, and a support element to move the metallic container into contact with the transfer blanket; obtaining a captured image of the decoration on the exterior surface of the metallic container with an image capturing device; comparing, by a control system, the captured image to a stored image of a metallic container with an acceptable decoration; determining, by the control system, if the captured image meets quality parameters corresponding to one or more criteria; and sending, by the control system, a signal to at least one of the decorator and a display device to alter at least one of a color, a density, a thickness, an alignment, and a consistency of ink transferred to the transfer blanket.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 52.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 101.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15231128', '15378768', '14686517', '15159060', '14537594']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7664866833148029
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.507440639117351
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7405820788950577
- Mean Citation Score: 265.126804
- Max Citation Score: 276.98206
- Similarity Product: 193.6474082800579

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