PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15890419
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["118", "200000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses herein provide for the application of viscous fluids, such as adhesives, in pre-determined patterns, to an advancing substrate. The fluid applicator comprises a slot die applicator and a substrate carrier. The slot die applicator comprises a plurality of applicator channels, each applicator channel being controlled by a switching valve, and wherein the switching valves are independently switchable.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for applying adhesive in a pattern to an advancing substrate, the apparatus comprising:\n a slot die applicator including a slot opening defined by a first lip and a second lip; a substrate carrier adapted to advance the substrate past the slot die applicator, wherein when a first surface of the substrate is disposed on the substrate carrier, the substrate carrier is adapted to advance a second, opposing, surface of the substrate past the slot opening of the slot die applicator, the substrate carrier comprising:\n a base surface; and \n a pattern element, wherein the pattern element includes a pattern surface, and \n wherein the pattern element protrudes outward from the base surface to define a distance, Hp, between the pattern surface and the base surface; \n wherein as the substrate carrier advances the second surface of the substrate past the slot opening, the pattern element is advanced such that the pattern surface repeatedly advances past the first lip, the slot opening, and the second lip of the slot die applicator; and\n wherein the slot die applicator comprises a plurality of applicator channels, each applicator channel being controlled by a switching valve, and wherein the switching valves are independently switchable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51111
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14993154', '13052139', '13459363', '13685817', '13685844']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8595593384342638
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5428779690844113
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8278912014992785
- Mean Citation Score: 401.036776
- Max Citation Score: 406.84692
- Similarity Product: 356.74110645285134

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