PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875328
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["030", "448000"]

Abstract:
A device for puncturing a metal can having a cylindrical sidewall and a bottom portion with an annular concave central portion terminating in an annular base portion. The base has an annular inclined connecting wall portion extending outward from the annular base portion to the sidewall. The device includes a frame with vertical walls extending above a supporting surface to a height at least equal to the height of the metal can, and an arm rotatably attached to the walls. The arm has two or more puncturing elements extending downward when the arm is in a puncturing position in which the arm extends laterally. The puncturing elements are configured so the can is positionable upside-down on a supporting surface so that when the arm is rotated into the puncturing position, the first puncturing element punctures the connecting wall and the second puncturing element punctures the concave central portion.

Claim (Index 16):
In combination, a puncturing device and a metal can, the metal can having\n a cylindrical sidewall having a first diameter disposed around a central axis, and a bottom portion comprising:\n a circular concave dome-shaped central portion extending radially outwardly from the central axis and terminating in an annular base portion spaced axially apart from the sidewall and having a second diameter disposed around the central axis and less than the first diameter; and \n an annular inclined connecting wall portion extending outward from the annular base portion to the sidewall, \n the puncturing device comprising an arm rotatably attached to a vertical support, the arm comprising first and second puncturing elements that extend downward when the arm is in a puncturing position in which the arm extends laterally from the vertical support, wherein the puncturing elements are spaced apart from each other and positioned so that the metal can is positionable upside-down on a supporting surface with the sidewall extending vertically above the supporting surface and the annular base portion above the sidewall, so that when the arm is rotated from a position above the metal can to the puncturing position, the first puncturing element punctures the connecting wall portion of the metal can and the second puncturing element punctures the concave dome-shaped central portion of the metal can.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15278
- Patent Class: 30.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14685623', '15380299', '14515790', '10068924', '13636849']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8078447313027033
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4683149766235263
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7738917558347856
- Mean Citation Score: 146.14559599999995
- Max Citation Score: 159.3722
- Similarity Product: 107.9270659104943

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

Dataset: test