PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15890419
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["118", "200000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses herein provide for the application of viscous fluids, such as adhesives, in pre-determined patterns, to an advancing substrate. The fluid applicator comprises a slot die applicator and a substrate carrier. The slot die applicator comprises a plurality of applicator channels, each applicator channel being controlled by a switching valve, and wherein the switching valves are independently switchable.

Claim (Index 9):
The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the number of adjacent application channels is at least four, and wherein the width, Dn, of each of the supply nozzles of each of the adjacent channels is from about 1 mm to about 10 mm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51111
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14993154', '13052139', '13459363', '13685817', '13685844']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8756236857710771
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5375250092906586
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8418138181230352
- Mean Citation Score: 401.036776
- Max Citation Score: 406.84692
- Similarity Product: 241.53121479766847

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