PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16100897
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["156", "538000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for coating a part that has an asymmetrical edge. The apparatus includes a film dispenser, a film retriever, a mandrel; and a part holder. Preferably one or both of the mandrel and the part holder move in an angular relationship to one another, and the film dispenser and the film retriever move co-operatively in at least two dimensions with respect to the part holder. There is further provided a film having a first edge and a second edge, and the film can be a decorative coating, a protective coating or combinations of these. The film dispenser holds the first edge of the film, the film is positioned between the mandrel and the part holder and the film retriever holds the film second edge.

Claim (Index 17):
An apparatus for coating an asymmetrical edge of a circular lid with a film, comprising:\n (a) a film dispenser; (b) a film retriever; (c) a mandrel comprising a film contacting surface; (d) a part holder; (e) a circular lid held in place by the part holder, the circular lid comprising a top wall, a side wall, and an asymmetrical edge that extends at least partially around a circumference of the circular lid between the side wall and the top wall, wherein an angle of the asymmetric edge varies by at least about 3\u00b0; (f) a film comprising a first edge attached to the film dispenser and a second edge attached to the film retriever such that the film travels from the film dispenser to the film retriever and between the mandrel and the part holder when the asymmetrical edge of the circular lid is being coated with the film; (g) wherein at least one of the mandrel and the part holder move in an angular relationship to the other such that the film contacting surface of the mandrel remains parallel to the asymmetric edge of the circular lid when the asymmetric edge is being coated with the film.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.40351
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15707098', '11858347', '10657411', '10962045', '14091519']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8763834237946514
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.525221874120076
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8412672688271939
- Mean Citation Score: 154.73144280000002
- Max Citation Score: 342.84805
- Similarity Product: 260.5953312173844

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