PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16069806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["198", "347100"]

Abstract:
A reservoir ( 1 ) for rod-like elements (R) for tobacco industry, configured to be connected to a first feeding duct ( 2 ), to a second feeding duct ( 3 ) and to a receiving duct ( 10 ) for receiving the rod-like elements (R) from the reservoir ( 1 ), wherein the reservoir ( 1 ) has adjustable capacity and is coupled with filling level sensing means ( 14, 15 ) for sensing a filling level of the reservoir ( 1 ). The reservoir comprises two chambers ( 12, 13 ) having adjustable capacity and separated by a partition ( 24 ). The first chamber ( 12 ) is coupled with a first filling level sensing means ( 14 ) for sensing a filling level of the first chamber ( 12 ), and the second chamber ( 13 ) is equipped with a second filling level sensing means ( 15 ) for sensing a filling level of the second chamber ( 13 ).

Claim (Index 8):
An adjustable capacity reservoir for processing of rod-like elements for tobacco industry, comprising:\n a. a first inlet at a first reservoir side connectable to a first feeding duct for feeding a first stream of the rod-like elements to the reservoir through the first inlet; b. a second inlet at a second reservoir side opposite the first reservoir side connectable to a second feeding duct for feeding a second stream of rod-like elements to the reservoir through the second inlet; c. a receiving duct connectable to the reservoir for receiving the rod-like elements from the reservoir; d. a first chamber located between the first feeding duct and the receiving duct and having a first boundary surface for defining the capacity of the first chamber; e. a second chamber located between the second feeding duct and the receiving duct and having a second boundary surface for defining the capacity of the second chamber and being separated from the first chamber by a partition disposed therebetween; f. a first filling level sensing means coupled with the first chamber for sensing a filling level of the first chamber and including a displaceable first guiding surface having a non-blocking position and a blocking position for forming an obstacle to the flow of the second stream of elements from the second feeding duct through the second chamber to the receiving duct; and g. a second filling level sensing means coupled with the first chamber for sensing a filling level of the second chamber and including a displaceable second guiding surface having a non-blocking position and a blocking position for forming an obstacle to the flow of the first stream of elements from the first feeding duct through the first chamber to the receiving duct.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 63.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.17857
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10482900', '11676081', '12094194', '12737786', '10753310']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6656850339754357
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4792865449570809
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6470451850736002
- Mean Citation Score: 166.66704
- Max Citation Score: 189.70107
- Similarity Product: 120.49760402565836

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

Dataset: test