PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16160580
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["294", "185000"]

Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments relate to unique structures for robotic end-of-arm-tools (EOATs). According to some embodiments, two or more fingers or actuators may be present on an EOAT, and the actuators may be configured to move (together or separately) to adjust the spacing between the actuators. Some aspects involve techniques for extending and/or retracting a vacuum cup present on the EOAT. Further embodiments, which may be used separately or in conjunction with the previously-described embodiments, apply a secondary inner grip pad to provide a secondary gripping mode for the EOAT. These embodiments may be particularly advantageous when the actuators are soft robotic actuators and the inner grip pad is a relatively more rigid structure than the actuators.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 17 , further comprising moving the suction cup towards or away from the target object with a suction cup actuator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77778
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16160604', '14944999', '15194283', '16037748', '15411212']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7241841987518882
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5835468812773569
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7101204670044351
- Mean Citation Score: 320.078768
- Max Citation Score: 618.00916
- Similarity Product: 396.1236316798543

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

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