PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15996753
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["004", "668000"]

Abstract:
A water faucet system including a faucet having a neck comprising a water passageway and liquid soap delivery line, both integrated within the neck assembly. The water faucet system features a streamlined neck assembly that includes a water outlet or spout, located at the distal portion of the neck assembly, and additionally includes a separate soap outlet located at a predetermined location. The soap delivery (soap dispensing) is initiated by a user performing an activation event directed to a sensor system located in the neck assembly. In preferred embodiments, the sensor system utilizes touchless type sensors so to avoid any physical contact with the neck assembly.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for initiating a soap delivery and receiving the soap delivery from a faucet system, said faucet system comprising:\n an elongated neck, configured from a substantially continuous tubular structure having an internal volume; said elongated neck comprising a base portion, a spout, disposed at a water spout level line; and a mediate portion located between said base portion and said spout; a water passageway that provides a water flow path for a water stream through said spout; a means for initiating said water stream through said spout; at least one first beam-break sensor system for controlling said soap delivery, comprising a first sensor and a second sensor for the generation of a first detection beam, both said first and second sensors of said at least one first beam-break sensor system mounted on said mediate portion of said elongated neck, wherein each said sensor of said at least one first beam-break sensor system possesses a sensor mounting location that is equal to or higher than said water spout level line, so that said first detection beam resides in a low traffic area to substantially prevent accidental soap delivery; and a soap delivery line, including a soap outlet, wherein a user receives said soap delivery of a soap dispensed in a soap delivery zone, wherein said soap outlet is disposed on said mediate portion of said elongated neck so to provide a trajectory separation length between said spout having a water free-fall trajectory and said soap outlet having a soap free-fall trajectory such that each trajectory possesses its own distinct receiving region to virtually eliminate the opportunity for cross contamination; and an electrically controlled means for controlling said soap delivery, integrated onto a portion of said soap delivery line, wherein said electrically controlled means for controlling said soap delivery is regulated by a control module having a module power source, said control module manages a soap dispensing duration, and a soap delivery initiation point in time, which is determined by the user performing an activation event that produces an activation signal generated by said at least one first beam-break sensor system, thereby providing a user the capability for substantially initiating said soap delivery and receiving said soap delivery from a predetermined said activation event, by performing the following steps: (a) entering said low traffic area having said least one first beam-break sensor system and said soap delivery zone using a user's hand; (b) orientating the user's hand such that at least a first portion of the user's hand engages said least one first beam-break sensor producing soap said activation signal, while concurrently positioning a second portion of the user's hand within the said soap free-fall trajectory of said soap delivery zone; (c) receiving said soap delivery to the user's hand within the said soap free-fall trajectory; (d) removing the user's hand from said low traffic area having said least one first beam-break sensor system and said soap delivery zone; and (e) optionally repeating steps (a) through (d).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73134
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15688450', '15296021', '12205794', '10928099', '14881940']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.78088718740941
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5964201678205383
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7624404854505228
- Mean Citation Score: 333.37959400000005
- Max Citation Score: 490.04105
- Similarity Product: 475.6991582269728

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

Dataset: test