PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16064958
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["118", "320000"]

Abstract:
Some embodiments relate to an apparatus for holding a workpiece under tension while one or more operations are performed on the workpiece, the apparatus comprising: a frame; a first spindle rotatably coupled to the frame; a first coupler configured to couple the first spindle to a first end of the workpiece; a second spindle rotatably coupled to the frame; and a second coupler configured to couple the second spindle to a second end of the workpiece; wherein a distance between the first and second couplers is adjustable to hold the workpiece under tension between the couplers while the one or more operations are performed, and wherein the workpiece can be rotated with the couplers relative to the frame about a common axis of rotation extending between the couplers. Some embodiments relate to a system comprising a controller for controlling rotation of the workpiece. Embodiments also relate to processes comprising holding a workpiece under tension while performing one or more operations on the workpiece. Some of the processes, systems and apparatuses described may be particularly useful for cold spraying delicate workpieces such as 3D printed static mixers.

Claim (Index 7):
An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein one or both of the couplers comprises a flexible coupler to provide rotational flexibility between the workpiece and one or both of the spindles.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55128
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11364900', '15273129', '11004604', '14022107', '15519643']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8054309087986958
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4807519613296864
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7729630140517949
- Mean Citation Score: 151.23506000000003
- Max Citation Score: 160.92435
- Similarity Product: 109.6265538858265

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

Dataset: test