PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16403079
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["264", "129000"]

Abstract:
A machine and method of forming an article generally comprising extruding a molten bead of thermoplastic material along x, y and z axes in forming an article consisting of a strata of such material, and passing a roller over each applied portion of such molten bead to compress such bead portion, enhancing the fusion of engaging plies of such extruded material.

Claim (Index 48):
An applicator head for an additive printing apparatus, the applicator head comprising:\n a housing having a hollow interior, the hollow interior defining a passageway having a through-hole extending from an upper end of the housing to a lower end of the housing; a bracket rotatably coupled to the lower end of the housing; and a compression roller coupled to the lower end of the housing by the bracket and configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, the compression roller overlapping the passageway in an overlapping direction that is approximately orthogonal to the axis of rotation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58537
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14980818', '15950778', '14701631', '15435408', '15435416']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7563996203487469
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.528179287982772
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7335775871121494
- Mean Citation Score: 251.308912
- Max Citation Score: 327.5931700000001
- Similarity Product: 215.85868415081387

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

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