PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863063
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["426", "431000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling operation of a beverage forming machine arranged for use with cartridges of different types, or receiving an upwardly flowing beverage from a cartridge. A beverage outlet may be movable to receive beverage from a cartridge of a first type, and to not receive beverage from a cartridge of a second type. Different cartridge characteristics may be detected by multiple detectors, e.g., for detecting a presence/absence of a cartridge, a cartridge type and/or an authorization feature.

Claim (Index 45):
The method of  claim 40 , further comprising piercing the cartridge to form an inlet opening in the cartridge through which fluid is introduced into the cartridge, and piercing the cartridge to form an outlet opening in the cartridge through which beverage exits the cartridge.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81633
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14157889', '14157853', '14158057', '15056316', '14448031']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.769108792754314
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5317680567552039
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.745374719154403
- Mean Citation Score: 309.212306
- Max Citation Score: 338.5633
- Similarity Product: 240.4440070613265

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