PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16404650
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["222", "052000"]

Abstract:
A water faucet system including a faucet having a neck comprising a water passageway and liquid soap delivery line, both integrated within the neck assembly. The water faucet system features a streamlined neck assembly that includes a water outlet or spout, located at the distal portion of the neck assembly, and additionally includes a separate soap outlet located at a predetermined location. The soap delivery (soap dispensing) is initiated by a user performing an activation event directed to a sensor system located in the neck assembly. In preferred embodiments, the sensor system utilizes touchless type sensors so to avoid any physical contact with the neck assembly.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for initiating a soap delivery and receiving a soap delivery from a faucet system, said faucet system comprising:\n a neck, configured from a substantially continuous tubular structure having an internal volume; said neck comprising a base portion, a spout, disposed at a water spout level line; and a mediate portion located between said base portion and said spout; a water passageway that provides a water flow path for a water stream through said spout; a means for initiating said water stream through said spout; at least one sensor for controlling a soap delivery, mounted on said mediate portion on said neck, wherein each said at least one sensor possesses a sensor mounting location that is equal to or higher than said water spout level line, thereby residing in a low traffic area to substantially prevent accidental soap delivery; a soap delivery line, including a soap outlet, wherein a user receives a soap delivery of a soap dispensed in a soap delivery zone, wherein said soap outlet is disposed on said mediate portion of said neck so to provide a trajectory separation length between said spout having a water free-fall trajectory and said soap outlet having a soap free-fall trajectory such that each said trajectory possesses its own distinct receiving region to virtually eliminate the opportunity for cross contamination; an electrically controlled means for controlling said soap delivery, integrated onto a portion of said soap delivery line, wherein said electrically controlled means for controlling said soap delivery is regulated by a control module having a module power source, said control module manages a soap dispensing duration, and a soap delivery initiation point in time\u2014determined by the user performing an activation event that produces an activation signal generated by said at least one sensor, thereby providing the user the capability for substantially initiating said soap delivery and receiving said soap delivery from a predetermined said activation event, by performing the following steps: (a) positioning the user's first hand within said soap delivery zone, such that at least a portion of the user's first hand engages said soap free-fall trajectory, directed by said soap outlet; (b) engaging said at least one sensor with the user's second hand, thereby producing said activation signal resulting in said soap delivery from said soap outlet; (c) receiving said soap delivery to the user's first hand, located within said soap free-fall trajectory; and (d) removing the user's second hand, such that said activation signal controlling said soap delivery ceases.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73134
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15996753', '15688450', '15296021', '12205794', '10928099']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.807395388023553
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.590199727521521
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7856758219733498
- Mean Citation Score: 392.0490160000001
- Max Citation Score: 511.49423
- Similarity Product: 470.4077204720532

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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