PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16139212
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["053", "398000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for coupling one or more can carriers to a plurality of cans is disclosed herein. The apparatus may include rails for guiding the cans as the cans move through the apparatus. Push members may be moved into the space between the rails to push the cans through the apparatus towards a member and at least one roller. The member (e.g., a hopper) may position a can carrier above the cans. The at least one roller may be positioned to provide a downward force on the can carrier to attach the can carrier to the top of the cans as the cans are moved past the at least one roller by the push members.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for coupling one or more can carriers to a plurality of cans, comprising:\n rails for guiding cans as the cans move through the apparatus; one or more stops comprising stop members that are moved in and out of a space between the rails, wherein the stop members, when inserted in the space between the rails, provide a stop for the cans moving through the apparatus; one or more pushers comprising push members that are moved in and out of the space between the rails, wherein the push members, when positioned in the space between the rails, are used to move the cans along a path between the rails; a member configured to position at least one can carrier on top of the cans; and at least one roller positioned to provide a downward force on the can carrier and attach the can carrier to the cans as the cans are moved past the at least one roller by the push members.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08475
- Patent Class: 53.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16139223', '13415668', '11126150', '11300371', '10838831']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7177310515662012
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5354093881251959
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6994988852221007
- Mean Citation Score: 196.924098
- Max Citation Score: 393.46265
- Similarity Product: 292.77339028120633

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

Dataset: test