PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16306011
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["099", "28900R"]

Abstract:
A coffee machine includes an infusion zone, a storage container for ground coffee arranged above the infusion zone, and a device for transferring the coffee grounds from the storage container to the infusion zone via an aperture. The transfer device includes a member for opening and closing the aperture, which can move between an open position and a closed position. The aperture opening and closing member includes an open portion that has an inclined wall configured, when in the open position, to be positioned beneath the aperture and to direct the coffee grounds that pass through said aperture towards the infusion zone, and configured to be offset from the aperture when in the closed position. The transfer device also includes a cleaning member for the inclined wall when moving from the open position into the closed position and vice versa.

Claim (Index 1):
A coffee machine comprising a brewing area, a ground coffee storage reservoir arranged over the brewing area and a device for transferring ground coffee from the storage reservoir towards the brewing area through an aperture, the transfer device comprising a member for opening and closing the aperture, the member being able to move between an open position and a closed position, wherein the aperture opening and closing member comprises an open part which has an inclined wall configured, when in the open position, to be positioned below the aperture and to direct towards the brewing area the ground coffee that passes through the aperture, and to be offset from the aperture when in the closed position, and wherein the transfer device comprises a member for cleaning the inclined wall when the member for opening and closing the aperture moves from the open position to the closed position, and vice versa.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5
- Patent Class: 99.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13587726', '13587730', '11044372', '13587652', '14352847']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8269226000607485
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4653319406386419
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7907635341185377
- Mean Citation Score: 188.059838
- Max Citation Score: 194.28514
- Similarity Product: 159.0550632596743

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