PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128329
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["493", "220000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to a protective wrap and a protective envelope or pouch made therefrom, as well as the apparatus and process for forming such wraps and envelopes. Water-based heat-expandable adhesives (WBHEA) which include a plurality of heat-expandable microspheres are disposed in a pattern between web substrates on a continuous, high speed manufacturing line to produce padded, insulated products useful as envelopes, mailers and other protective packaging.

Claim (Index 26):
A method of manufacturing a protective padded pouch including:\n providing first, second, third and fourth continuous web substrates each having a top and bottom side and a length and a width defining a perimeter thereabout and an inner perimeter portion; forming a sealable adhesive perimeter by applying a layer of sealing adhesive about the perimeter of top side of the first and third web substrates; depositing a pattern of a water-based heat expandable adhesive (WBHEA) comprising a water-based polymer and a plurality of heat-expandable microspheres on the inner portion of the top side of the first and third web substrates, the WBHEA forming a protective padded area when expanded; joining the first and second web substrates and the third and fourth web substrates about the respective perimeters to form a sealed structure enclosing the WBHEA therebetween without substantially compressing the WBHEA; sealingly mating the top side of second web substrate to the bottom side of the third web substrate at least along a portion of the perimeter to form an open ended pouch; exposing the WBHEA between the first and second web substrates and third and fourth web substrates to sufficient RF radiation to expand and cure/coalesce the WBHEA; providing vents in at least one of the first and second web substrates and in at least one of the third and fourth web substrates for water evaporation, wherein the vents may be formed from one or more of: gaps in the sealing adhesive; punctures in the inner perimeter portion(s); and perforations in the inner perimeter portion(s); and optionally further processing the protective padded pouch to provide a desired uniformity in the thickness and/or desired shape in at least one section of the pouch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.30508
- Patent Class: 493.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13826451', '15475685', '13551205', '15410920', '12387577']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.596620060105964
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4837239562306173
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5853304497184294
- Mean Citation Score: 137.787578
- Max Citation Score: 140.09901000000002
- Similarity Product: 87.58793497138025

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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