PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15980252
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["209", "599000"]

Abstract:
A tennis ball sorting apparatus tests the internal pressure of individual tennis balls and automatically separates a large number of tennis balls based on their internal pressure. Methods of using the same are further provided.

Claim (Index 10):
The ball sorting apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the separation unit comprises a reversible roller and a first path and a second path, wherein when the ball is tested by the testing unit and has a measured internal pressure below a pre-defined internal pressure, the reversible roller turns a first direction and routes the ball onto the first path, and further when the ball has a measured internal pressure above a pre-defined internal pressure, the reversible roller turns a second direction and routes the ball onto the second path.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.32143
- Patent Class: 209.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15341501', '12657032', '11820423', '14726949', '15123598']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6021642462273625
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4985882630412286
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5918066479087492
- Mean Citation Score: 144.669558
- Max Citation Score: 150.29256
- Similarity Product: 90.43015664444448

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