PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956881
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["366", "008000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for weighing and mixing pigments for concrete in a granular form are provided. The systems and methods dispense one or more granular color pigments as a slurry at the point of concrete product.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for weighing and mixing pigment additives for concrete in a granular form, the system comprising:\n at least one tote; at least one hopper downstream of the at least one tote; a weigh vessel downstream of the at least one hopper; at least one valve downstream from the hopper and upstream from the weigh vessel; at least one mixing blade mounted in the weigh vessel; and a controller, said controller comprising:\n a means for selecting a recipe, at least one pigment additive, and a target batch weight; \n a means for determining the amount of water required for the recipe selected; and \n a means for opening and closing said at least one valve in response to the weight of a mixture of water and the at least one pigment additive in said weigh vessel, wherein said at least one pigment additive is granular.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.31034
- Patent Class: 366.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14146518', '11906210', '13758360', '13758394', '10818394']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7616404439003414
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5279816813450537
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7382745676448126
- Mean Citation Score: 201.485716
- Max Citation Score: 384.75906
- Similarity Product: 316.6149728632414

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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