PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15990853
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["198", "788000"]

Abstract:
A system and an apparatus capable of independently driving movers are described herein. The system and apparatus includes: a track that forms a path for movers; a plurality of movers movably mounted on the track for moving along the path; and a plurality of drive elements fixedly arranged along the track. The drive elements each have a surface that is oriented to contact a driven member of the movers. The drive elements are configured to sequentially engage the driven member of a plurality of the movers to provide controlled independent motion of the movers along the track. The drive elements may be driven by rotary motors. A method of independently driving movers is also described herein.

Claim (Index 8):
The apparatus of  claim 7  wherein the rotation of the head is actuated as the mover is transported along the path, wherein the angular position of the article is rotated from when it is transferred to the movers to when it is transferred from the mover.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15517
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15990852', '13678741', '15005171', '14552255', '15435823']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.752264750263321
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5484898994269388
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7318872651796828
- Mean Citation Score: 280.60920600000003
- Max Citation Score: 529.685
- Similarity Product: 335.7233982628584

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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