PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15984568
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["124", "075000"]

Abstract:
A sphere-launching apparatus includes a launching tube defining a launching passage, a push unit having a push rod and a first driving device, and a pneumatic unit having a valve mechanism, a pneumatic cylinder and an air container. The push rod, to protrude axially into the launching passage, has a third axial end and an opposing fourth axial end for contacting a sphere in the launching tube. The first driving device, connected with the third axial end, controls the push rod to move the sphere along the launching passage to a predetermined position. The valve mechanism has an air-emitting end connected spatially with the launching passage. The pneumatic cylinder drives the valve mechanism to block or open the air-emitting end. When the valve mechanism opens the air-emitting end, a compressed air in the air container is discharged into the launching passage to eject the sphere out of the launching tube.

Claim (Index 5):
The sphere-launching apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the valve mechanism is connected with one end of an air passage, another end of the air passage is connected spatially with the launching passage, and the air passage is axially perpendicular to the launching tube.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.60317
- Patent Class: 124.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12748556', '11148539', '12195880', '15577748', '12463478']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6649935691330119
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4744641442468257
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6459406266443932
- Mean Citation Score: 172.187532
- Max Citation Score: 182.02875
- Similarity Product: 132.1415147987008

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

Dataset: test