PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16226548
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["426", "231000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to dispensing of a substance from a container by means of a dispensing apparatus. Specifically, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to (1) a container and (2) the automated method for opening such container and (3) the automated method of dispensing of the contents from such container into a customer receptacle or glass.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of dispensing a beverage from a machine comprising:\n accepting a beverage capsule into said machine, the beverage capsule having a capsule body, rim and lid, and containing a beverage mix; reading a code on said capsule or lid; the machine partially opening said capsule by tearing the capsule body along a crease immediately below the rim by rotating the capsule body away from the rim; injecting a mixing liquid stream into the capsule; determining a correct quantity of mixing liquid based on said code; forcing the beverage mix out of the capsule and into a dispensing orifice with the mixing liquid stream; injecting a finishing liquid stream into the dispensing orifice producing a finished beverage that exits the dispensing orifice.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83784
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14323792', '15784507', '14323713', '15357268', '13941948']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7565492269419668
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5668086071110231
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7375751649588724
- Mean Citation Score: 390.607038
- Max Citation Score: 439.59488
- Similarity Product: 391.59664736881257

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

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