PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16295238
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["235", "488000"]

Abstract:
A tamper evident tag and a method of preventing the fraudulent return of an article back to a seller are provided. The tag includes inner and outer layers. A first end of a tag fastener is inserted through the article and through an aperture formed in the inner and outer layers of the tag. A unique code is printed on the tag. A portion of the inner layer of the tag is removed to expose an adhesive. The exposed adhesive is bought into contact with the inner layer of the tag to capture the first end of the tag fastener between the outer layer and the inner layer. The unique code is associated with the article for future reference.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of forming an identification tag, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing the identification tag with inner and outer layers laminated to each other; generating a unique identification code associated with an article; printing the unique identification code on a first portion of the inner layer of the tag; removing a second portion of the inner layer of the tag to expose an adhesive on a first portion of the outer layer; and folding the first portion of the outer layer over the first portion of the inner layer so as to capture the first portion of the inner layer between the first and second portions of the outer layer; wherein at least one of the first and second portions of the outer layer is transparent such that the printing on the inner layer is visible through the outer layer of the tag.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33333
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16285921', '15336331', '13750448', '12665581', '15008361']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6097869075321919
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5376177701616753
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6025699937951403
- Mean Citation Score: 277.024242
- Max Citation Score: 423.81442
- Similarity Product: 334.7130882401824

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