PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879637
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["062", "344000"]

Abstract:
A refrigerator appliance and ice maker apparatus are included herein. The ice maker apparatus may include a casing, an auger, a discrete flange, and an extruder die. The casing may define a chamber about a central axis. The casing may extend along the central axis between a top portion and a bottom portion. The casing may include a first material. The auger may be disposed within the chamber of the casing. The discrete flange may be selectively mounted on the casing. The discrete flange may include a second material that is unique from the first material. The extruder die may be attached to the discrete upper flange and positioned above the casing.

Claim (Index 4):
The ice maker apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of bolts radially spaced from the central axis and extending axially from the discrete upper flange to the discrete lower flange, each bolt of the plurality of bolts being in attached engagement with the upper flange and the lower flange.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2963
- Patent Class: 62.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15208673', '15045432', '15045397', '15045456', '15006216']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8248018800631559
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.547870692778657
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.797108761334706
- Mean Citation Score: 339.665086
- Max Citation Score: 398.2404
- Similarity Product: 330.4070492817878

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

Dataset: test