PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891671
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["156", "580100"]

Abstract:
Aspects relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for a manufacturing tool. The manufacturing tool is comprised of a vacuum tool and an ultrasonic welder as a unified manufacturing tool. The manufacturing tool may be used to pick and position a manufacturing part that is then welded with the associated ultrasonic welder.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of positioning and joining manufacturing parts using a manufacturing tool comprising (1) a pickup tool comprising a part-contacting surface and a plurality of pickup force generators that provide independent activation and deactivation of pickup force in respectively associated portions of the part-contacting surface, and (2) a welding tool, the method comprising:\n positioning the manufacturing tool such that the part-contacting surface is proximate to a first manufacturing part; generating at least one of:\n a first pickup force at a first portion of the part-contacting surface with a first pickup force generator associated with the first portion of the part-contacting surface, and \n a second pickup force at a second portion of the part-contacting surface with a second pickup force generator associated with the second portion of the part-contacting surface; \n temporarily maintaining the first manufacturing part in contact with the part-contacting surface; transferring the first manufacturing part to a second manufacturing part using the manufacturing tool; releasing the first manufacturing part at the second manufacturing part; positioning the manufacturing tool such that the welding tool is proximate a location at which the first manufacturing part is in contact with the second manufacturing part; and welding the first manufacturing part to the second manufacturing part at the location using the welding tool.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14816967', '13299908', '14481501', '13299872', '14803347']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9056135753253772
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4935560343844158
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8644078212312812
- Mean Citation Score: 257.155264
- Max Citation Score: 264.84686
- Similarity Product: 214.42301605371475

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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