PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042824
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["134", "083000"]

Abstract:
A fluid flow structure for a washing machine is located within a wash tank of the washing machine, which includes a fluid flow guide surface, and a support for the guide surface. The guide surface includes at least one region contoured inconsistently from the contour of at least one corresponding wall of the washing machine wash tank. The contour of the guide surface is generally curved so as to aide in reducing and/or preventing the pinning of items that often occurs in rectangular wash tanks of the prior art. The support for the guide surface creates a gap between the guide surface and at least one wall of the washing machine wash tank.

Claim (Index 7):
The washing machine as claimed in  claim 6  wherein said fluid flow guide surface defines a washing area within said wash tank, said washing area being generally opposite said gap with respect to said fluid flow guide surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.125
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12765838', '14379190', '13332360', '10744666', '11775465']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.87880494843149
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5505058212204551
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8459750357103866
- Mean Citation Score: 361.374924
- Max Citation Score: 429.7265
- Similarity Product: 324.09854020148515

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