PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15993283
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["198", "442000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for transforming a bulk flow of produce into a flow of produce aligned in one or more lines, to allow inspection for grading purposes at high speed, in particular by camera technology. The apparatus has a hopper which has differently configured opposing end portions arranged to allow the flow of produce from one end portion to the other, and wherein the exit end portion has at least one channel for guiding the produce therealong, wherein the at least one channel has a v-shaped cross-section defined by a pair of walls inclined upwardly away from each other so as to form a valley in which the produce is transportable by mechanical agitation into and along the valley such that the produce exits the hopper in one or more lines, one line from each of the at least one channel.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for transforming a bulk flow of produce into a flow of produce aligned in one or more lines, the apparatus having at least one hopper which has differently configured opposing end portions arranged to allow the flow of produce from one end to the other, an entry end portion being adapted to receive the bulk produce and the exit end portion having at least one channel for guiding the produce therealong, wherein the at least one channel has a V-shaped cross-section defined by a pair of upwardly inclined walls forming a valley in which the produce is transportable by mechanical agitation from the entry end portion into and along the valley(s) such that the produce exits the hopper aligned in one or more lines, each line issuing from one of said at least one channel(s).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0137
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10443124', '14563258', '13963475', '13086162', '12351496']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7230955182221095
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4692196406159182
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6977079304614904
- Mean Citation Score: 138.73726399999998
- Max Citation Score: 146.8856
- Similarity Product: 90.00088485059739

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