PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015751
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["198", "419100"]

Abstract:
An article metering assembly for forming of an article group from a downstream most end portion of a bulk flow of conveyed articles is generally provided. The assembly, in one embodiment, is characterized by a robotic arm, a linkage assembly, and an end effector operatively united with the robotic arm and the linkage assembly such that the end effector is fixedly orientated relative to and overhead of the bulk flow of articles throughout a robotic arm motion cycle. Alternately, the assembly is characterized by a robotic arm in operative combination with an end effector, the end effector selectively oriented in relation to articles of a bulk flow of article during travel about its travel path in furtherance of forming an article group from above.

Claim (Index 23):
An article metering assembly for forming an article group from a downstream most end portion of a bulk flow of conveyed articles comprising a robotic arm, a linkage assembly, and an end effector operatively united with said robotic arm and said linkage assembly such that said end effector is fixedly orientated relative to the bulk flow of articles throughout a robotic arm motion cycle, said robotic arm characterized by first and second arm segments and proximal, intermediate and distal arm joints, said first arm segment extending between said proximal arm joint and said distal arm joint, said second arm segment extending between said intermediate arm joint and said distal arm joint, said linkage assembly comprising a first pivotable link operatively supported in said linkage assembly so as to maintain a parallel spaced apart condition for said first pivotable link with said upper arm segment, and a second pivotable link operatively supported in said linkage assembly so as to maintain a parallel spaced apart condition for said second pivotable link with said lower arm segment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14516
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15130198', '14373187', '13734356', '14218862', '14114590']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6937109407847494
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5003205064961997
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6743718973558944
- Mean Citation Score: 240.532248
- Max Citation Score: 311.13727
- Similarity Product: 229.5204516365439

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