PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875328
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["030", "448000"]

Abstract:
A device for puncturing a metal can having a cylindrical sidewall and a bottom portion with an annular concave central portion terminating in an annular base portion. The base has an annular inclined connecting wall portion extending outward from the annular base portion to the sidewall. The device includes a frame with vertical walls extending above a supporting surface to a height at least equal to the height of the metal can, and an arm rotatably attached to the walls. The arm has two or more puncturing elements extending downward when the arm is in a puncturing position in which the arm extends laterally. The puncturing elements are configured so the can is positionable upside-down on a supporting surface so that when the arm is rotated into the puncturing position, the first puncturing element punctures the connecting wall and the second puncturing element punctures the concave central portion.

Claim (Index 5):
The combination of  claim 4 , wherein the frame further comprises a can positioning element attached to the vertical walls and extending laterally between the vertical walls below the arm, the can positioning element having a can engaging end and being configured so that when the metal can is positioned upside-down on the supporting surface with the sidewall extending vertically above the supporting surface and the annular base portion above the sidewall, the sidewall of the metal is engageable with the can engaging end to constrain the position of the metal can so that when the arm is rotated into the puncturing position, the first puncturing element penetrates the connecting wall portion of the metal can and the second puncturing element penetrates the concave dome-shaped central portion of the metal can.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15278
- Patent Class: 30.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14685623', '15380299', '14515790', '10068924', '13636849']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8238832588161418
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4819600549010238
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.78969093842463
- Mean Citation Score: 146.14559599999995
- Max Citation Score: 159.3722
- Similarity Product: 96.94154490351676

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