PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16295552
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["222", "153010"]

Abstract:
A dispensing closure ( 40 ) for a fluent substance-containing system, such as a container, includes a body ( 54 ) for receiving the fluent substance from the system, a locking member ( 56 ) assembled with the body ( 54 ), and a pivotable actuator ( 60 ) assembled with the locking member ( 56 ) and defining a dispensing flow passage ( 190 ) for discharging the fluent substance. The locking member ( 56 ) is rotatable relative to the body ( 54 ) from a locking position to an unlocking position to permit a user to pivot the actuator ( 60 ) from a closed position to a dispensing, open position. The body ( 54 ) has an abutment ( 110 ) that extends through the locking member ( 56 ) in the locking position to prevent the actuator ( 60 ) from moving into the open position. In the unlocking position of the locking member ( 56 ), the actuator ( 60 ) is not prevented by the abutment ( 110 ) from being moved into the open position.

Claim (Index 1):
A dispensing closure ( 40 ) for a system ( 44 ) having an opening ( 46 ) between an exterior of the system ( 44 ) and an interior of the system ( 44 ) where a fluent substance may be stored, said dispensing closure ( 40 ) comprising:\n A. a closure body ( 54 ) that\n 1) can be located at the system opening ( 46 ) and that defines an inlet ( 74 ) for communicating with the system, and \n 2) has an end ( 70 ) defining an aperture ( 84 ) to accommodate the flow of a fluent substance through said closure body ( 54 ); \n B. a locking member ( 56 ) mounted on said closure body ( 54 ) for rotation about a central rotational axis (A), said locking member ( 56 ) having an intermediate flow passage ( 140 ) for accommodating the flow of a substance through said closure body aperture ( 84 ), said locking member ( 56 ) having\n 1) a locking position, and \n 2) an unlocking position rotated about said central rotational axis (A) away from said locking position; and \n C. an actuator ( 60 ) that\n 1) is rotatably mounted to said locking member ( 56 ) for occluding said locking member intermediate flow passage ( 140 ) to prevent flow of a fluent substance through said closure ( 40 ) when said actuator ( 60 ) is in a closed, non-dispensing position and for permitting flow of a fluent substance through said closure ( 40 ) when said actuator ( 60 ) is rotated to an open, dispensing position, \n 2) includes a dispensing flow passage ( 190 ) that is in communication with said intermediate flow passage ( 140 ) of said locking member ( 56 ) when said actuator ( 60 ) is in said open, dispensing position, and \n 3) is in engagement with a portion of said closure body ( 54 ) when said locking member ( 56 ) is in said locking position to prevent said actuator ( 60 ) from moving into said open, dispensing position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8806
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15539187', '15744511', '15117515', '11268445', '11894844']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.779624828128396
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6074279114993133
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7624051364654877
- Mean Citation Score: 355.57968800000015
- Max Citation Score: 535.71344
- Similarity Product: 533.8718509700584

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