PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15990853
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["198", "788000"]

Abstract:
A system and an apparatus capable of independently driving movers are described herein. The system and apparatus includes: a track that forms a path for movers; a plurality of movers movably mounted on the track for moving along the path; and a plurality of drive elements fixedly arranged along the track. The drive elements each have a surface that is oriented to contact a driven member of the movers. The drive elements are configured to sequentially engage the driven member of a plurality of the movers to provide controlled independent motion of the movers along the track. The drive elements may be driven by rotary motors. A method of independently driving movers is also described herein.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for controlled transport of articles along a path comprising:\n a plurality of articles; a track that forms a closed loop path for movers; a plurality of movers that are configured to transport articles, said movers being movably mounted on the track for moving along said closed loop path, said movers comprising a driven member that is oriented to be contacted by at least one drive element at any position along the path; a plurality of drive elements arranged along the track, said drive elements each comprising a surface that is oriented to contact the driven member of said movers, wherein said drive elements are configured to sequentially engage the driven member of said movers to provide controlled motion of said movers independently around said track, wherein the drive elements are each driven by a rotary motor; and a programmable computer control system in communication with the rotary motors for controlling the motion of the rotary motors, wherein each mover comprises a vacuum head which uses vacuum to selectively hold an article securely to the mover.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15517
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15990852', '13678741', '15005171', '14552255', '15435823']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7244254866824071
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.561672361358184
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7081501741499848
- Mean Citation Score: 280.60920600000003
- Max Citation Score: 529.685
- Similarity Product: 403.32251445323226

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