PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971660
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["347", "019000"]

Abstract:
A printing module configured to print a label on a curved surface of an article includes an expandable printing mechanism configured to be expanded to an open configuration for receiving the article or contracted to a closed configuration placing the curved surface in an operative position with respect to a print head and an article moving assembly configured to grasp and hold the article and effect relative movement between the curved surface and the print head. The printing mechanism includes contact elements, such as rollers, that contact or otherwise engage the article when the printing mechanism is in the closed configuration and maintain the curved surface in the operative position with respect to the print head during relative movement between the curved surface and the print head.

Claim (Index 25):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the article moving assembly comprises:\n carousel configured for powered rotation; and moveable gripper elements configured to be movable between a release position permitting an article to be placed within or removed from the apparatus and a gripping position for securing the article with respect to the carousel so that the article rotates with the carousel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 83.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25862
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15669378', '14919467', '12835666', '11787791', '12658128']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7822154158905161
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6047663718248586
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7644705114839504
- Mean Citation Score: 331.89116
- Max Citation Score: 536.6778
- Similarity Product: 505.7530556062461

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