PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16054557
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["222", "129400"]

Abstract:
A powder dispensing apparatus for dispensing a powder either with or without a liquid is presented. The apparatus includes a base, dispenser, and tower. The base is adapted for receiving a container. The dispenser includes a rotatable or slidable carriage. The carriage includes at least one compartment horizontally disposed above an optional funnel. The carriage is rotatable about a central axis or translatable parallel to and below the hopper. A hopper is disposed above the carriage and communicates with less than all compartments. Each compartment is capable of separately dispensing a powder from the hopper into the funnel and thereafter into the container resting on the base. The tower is disposed between and attached at opposing ends to the base and the dispenser. The apparatus is useful, for example, in preparing baby formula and other food for infants, as well as in preparing food and drink for children and adults.

Claim (Index 32):
An apparatus for preparing a food product from a powder, comprising:\n (a) a base adapted for receiving a container; (b) a dispenser including a rotatable carriage disposed over a support element with a support element opening, said rotatable carriage including a portion adjacent said support element and having a plurality of carriage openings therein, said rotatable carriage rotatable about a central axis, said carriage openings being sequentially disposed over said support element opening as said carriage is rotated, (c) a hopper disposed above said rotatable carriage; (d) a cover interposed between said carriage and said hopper, said cover being sized and shaped to substantially limit communication between said hopper and at least one of said carriage openings, when said carriage opening is disposed over said support element opening; (e) a funnel provided below said support element opposite said opening, said funnel having an outlet aligned with said container; said funnel further having at least one tangentially aligned fluid inlet port configured to direct(s) a fluid into said funnel to generate a vortex therein as the fluid flows from said inlet to said outlet; (f) a reservoir attached to said powder dispensing apparatus and adapted to store a liquid; (g) a pump communicating with said reservoir and said fluid inlet port of said funnel; (h) a motor attached to said powder dispensing apparatus, and configured to rotate said rotatable carriage; and (i) a controller operatively coupled to said pump and said motor, said controller being configured to operate said pump and said motor to dispense said liquid and said powder into said funnel for mixing therein according to a specific ratio.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11538
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13832552', '13521929', '11404518', '13190268', '10671615']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7826989478536972
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5857355350729682
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7630026065756244
- Mean Citation Score: 312.001602
- Max Citation Score: 501.23
- Similarity Product: 381.7834425389768

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