PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16012824
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["700", "230000"]

Abstract:
Systems and apparatus with circuits that are configured to detect fallen containers upstream or proximate an intake zone suitable for automated evaluation apparatus using different sensors, including at least one lower sensor and at least one upper sensor which is positioned to project an optical signal at a height corresponding to a top portion of an upright container to thereby allow an increased reliability in detection of different orientations and positions of fallen containers. An optional second lower sensor may be used which is longitudinally spaced apart from the first lower sensor and the lower sensors can transmit optical signals across the container travel path that do not intersect.

Claim (Index 29):
The apparatus of  claim 17 , further comprising:\n a pair of laterally spaced apart sidewalls facing each other across the conveyor, wherein the sidewalls have a parallel segment that merges into a curved segment where the sidewalls travel toward each other proximate the rotating wheel to have a width that is more narrow proximate the wheel than along the parallel segment, wherein the first lower sensor is held outside one sidewall of the curved segment; and a bridge member that extends across and above the curved sidewalls held by the housing, wherein the at least one upper sensor is held by the bridge member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.45455
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13796874', '13854743', '15097410', '13004269', '11425797']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3458171664808977
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5228665363323566
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3635221034660436
- Mean Citation Score: 186.529572
- Max Citation Score: 335.5239
- Similarity Product: 253.0737779182256

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

Dataset: test