PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934969
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["239", "001000"]

Abstract:
An applicator for dispensing liquid material onto a substrate includes a body, a valve module, and a backpressure control device having a device passage. The body includes an inlet passage, a dispensing outlet passage, and a recirculation outlet passage. The valve module has a dispensing mode and a recirculation mode, and directs the liquid material through the dispensing outlet passage in the dispensing mode and directs the liquid material through the recirculation outlet passage in the recirculation mode. The backpressure control device directs the liquid material through the device passage in the recirculation mode such that a backpressure of the liquid material in the recirculation mode is substantially equal to a backpressure of the liquid material in the dispensing mode. A method of adjusting a backpressure experienced by liquid material is also disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
An applicator for dispensing liquid material onto a substrate, said applicator comprising:\n a body including:\n an inlet passage for receiving liquid material, \n a dispensing outlet passage for directing the liquid material toward the substrate, and \n a recirculation outlet passage for recirculating the liquid material; \n a valve module having a dispensing mode and a recirculation mode, wherein said valve module directs the liquid material through said dispensing outlet passage in said dispensing mode, and directs the liquid material through said recirculation outlet passage in said recirculation mode; and a backpressure control device configured to adjust backpressure experienced by the liquid material, the backpressure control device having a device passage that communicates with said recirculation outlet passage, wherein said backpressure control device includes a device portion that is configured to adjust a volume of said device passage such that a backpressure experienced by the liquid material in said recirculation mode is substantially equal to a backpressure experienced by the liquid material in said dispensing mode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.1087
- Patent Class: 239.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14641947', '14640794', '11408993', '12159008', '14719615']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8302255397045772
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6191562439053608
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8091186101246557
- Mean Citation Score: 312.56724800000006
- Max Citation Score: 573.3472
- Similarity Product: 562.3908971775055

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