PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16446127
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["356", "239700"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for tracking defects in sheet materials. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of using a tracking arrangement for the tracking of a material defect in a sheet material comprising a container material or a product-packaging material, said method comprising the steps of:\n moving a sheet material through or past a defect sensor configured to detect a material defect in a sheet material moving thereby or therethrough, and then detecting, with said defect sensor, a material defect in said sheet material; detecting, with a first structure sensor configured to detect at least one inherent structural feature of the sheet material itself in the region of the material defect, at least one inherent structural feature of said sheet material itself in the region of said material defect, which said at least one inherent structural feature being usable as a reference for determining the position of said material defect in said sheet material; and receiving data from said first structure sensor with a control arrangement, and thereby preparing and storing a first structure data record representing said at least one inherent structural feature as detected by said first structure sensor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82143
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15016415', '14542871', '15047825', '11292927', '11266499']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6314179656648667
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4808365298191803
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6163598220802982
- Mean Citation Score: 141.444661
- Max Citation Score: 253.53462
- Similarity Product: 234.15631342481373

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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