PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15979153
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["220", "269000"]

Abstract:
A metallic container end closure is provided that generally comprises a primary pour opening and an extended or secondary score which is opened with a secondary tool to form a secondary pour opening. The fact that a secondary tool is required allows the secondary score to be shallower, and thus more secure than deeper scores that are openable by finger pressure alone. Once the secondary tool is used to fracture the secondary score, a secondary pour opening is produced adjacent to the primary pour opening to form a larger opening. A user may insert materials such as ice or oranges through the enlarged pour opening.

Claim (Index 15):
A metallic container end closure, comprising:\n a central panel having a rivet interconnecting a pull tab to an upper surface of said central panel, said pull tab adapted for applying a downward force, and said central panel having a transition portion between a deboss area and a non-deboss area of said central panel, wherein a nose of said pull tab is rotatable about said rivet to define an area of engagement about said rivet; a primary tear panel disposed on said central panel, said primary score configured to be sheared by said downward force of said pull tab to create a primary pour opening; and a secondary tear panel disposed on said central panel, said secondary tear panel at least partially defined by a secondary score and defined by a second hinge, wherein at least a portion of said transition portion is said second hinge, wherein said secondary tear panel is positioned outside of said area of engagement, and said secondary score is configured to be sheared by a downward force generated by a secondary tool to deflect said secondary tear panel about said second hinge and create a secondary pour opening, wherein said primary pour opening and said secondary pour opening combine to form a contiguous pour opening area to enhance pour characteristics.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7619
- Patent Class: 220.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14829887', '14198174', '14812549', '15657374', '15581932']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8423607174671617
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5903137173381108
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8171560174542567
- Mean Citation Score: 386.718566
- Max Citation Score: 518.83887
- Similarity Product: 465.83900362664224

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

Dataset: test