PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15925525
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["239", "590500"]

Abstract:
An applicator head for a vacuum coating system includes a manifold shell having opposing shell plates, each including a conduit attachment coupled to a shell aperture. An applicator manifold is affixed to each shell plate. Each applicator manifold includes two coupled manifold plates, with one including a manifold aperture, and each is affixed to the respective shell plate so that each manifold aperture aligns with the respective shell aperture. An applicator channel is formed between the manifold plates of each applicator manifold, and the applicator channel is fluidically coupled to the manifold aperture of each respective applicator manifold. Each applicator channel forms an applicator port at a leading edge of each respective applicator manifold, and each leading edge is configured to be complementary in shape to an edge of a workpiece to be coated. First and second face plates are disposed over the leading edges of the applicator manifolds.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for coating a workpiece, the method comprising:\n conveying an edge of the workpiece past an applicator head having a lead side surface that is configured to be complementary in shape to the edge of the workpiece, wherein the edge comprises a first surface that intersects a second surface and a third surface that intersects the second surface, the leading side surface having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the leading side surface configured to be complementary in shape to the first surface of the edge of the workpiece and a first application gap having a first width measured between the first portion of the leading side surface and the first surface of the edge, and the second portion of the leading side surface configured to be complementary in shape to the third surface of the edge of the workpiece and a second application gap having a second width measured between the second portion of the leading side surface and the third surface of the edge, wherein the first width and the second width are not equal, and wherein the first portion of the leading side surface and the second portion of the leading side surface are not coplanar; directing a liquid onto the first surface and the second surface of the workpiece using the applicator head; and removing excess liquid through a vacuum established around the applicator head.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58065
- Patent Class: 239.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14023095', '11982962', '14740363', '11049354', '10310747']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8020189354874162
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5151245674580629
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7733294986844809
- Mean Citation Score: 184.218464
- Max Citation Score: 340.358
- Similarity Product: 228.90583304870128

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

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