PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15945780
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["034", "427000"]

Abstract:
An appliance that includes an additive delivery assembly is provided. The additive delivery assembly includes features that deliver a controlled amount of additive to a chamber of an appliance. Methods for delivering an additive to a chamber of an appliance are also provided.

Claim (Index 15):
A method for delivering an additive disposed within a tank to a chamber defined by an appliance, the method comprising:\n rotating a roller comprising a surface about an axis of rotation continuously for a predetermined time and at a rotational speed, wherein at least a portion of the roller is positioned within the tank and submerged in the additive and at least a portion of the roller is positioned external to the tank and within the chamber; and flowing an airflow within the chamber across the surface of the roller positioned external to the tank when the roller is rotated about the axis of rotation continuously for the predetermined time and at the rotational speed such that the additive disposed on the surface of the roller is exposed to the airflow.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84
- Patent Class: 34.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13355719', '15362982', '15398758', '15687596', '14591021']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7085833543836239
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4731068830787696
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6850357072531384
- Mean Citation Score: 192.681296
- Max Citation Score: 197.76462
- Similarity Product: 147.20326903880954

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