PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16032875
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["294", "213000"]

Abstract:
In one embodiment, an end effector for a robotic manipulator has a base that is configured to attach to the end of a robotic arm, a first fork, and a second fork. The end first fork includes a first pair of prongs that extend from the base along a first direction and that are spaced from one another so as to receive a first storage container therebetween. The second fork includes a second pair of prongs that extend from the base along a second direction that is angularly offset from the first direction and that are spaced from one another so as to receive a second storage container therebetween. The first and second forks can be used to stack or unstack the first and second containers.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of operating a robotic manipulator, comprising:\n (a) causing a robotic arm to move an end effector so as to align a first fork of the end effector with a first storage container; (b) causing the robotic arm to move the first fork so as to couple the first fork to the first storage container; (c) causing the robotic arm to move the end effector so as to align a second fork of the end effector with a second storage container; and (d) causing the robotic arm to move the second fork so as to couple the second fork to the second storage container, wherein step (b) comprises:\n causing the robotic arm to translate a pair of prongs of the first fork along opposite sidewalls of the first storage container at a location below an upper end of the first storage container; and \n causing the robotic arm to translate the first fork upwards along the first storage container such that the pair of prongs engage an upper rim of the first storage container.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50943
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15408207', '15408182', '15721280', '15656642', '15656738']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7176018031197154
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4729273435805882
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6931343571658027
- Mean Citation Score: 171.23173799999995
- Max Citation Score: 178.22462
- Similarity Product: 127.28740038144468

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

Dataset: test