PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16047601
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["264", "320000"]

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to forming shaped thermoplastic articles having smooth peripheries. Many thermoplastic articles have sharp edges formed upon molding or cutting the article from a feedstock sheet. Such sharp edges can damage thin plastic films or flesh which they contact, and smoothing the edges is desirable. Described herein are methods of forming a smooth periphery for such sharp-edged articles by rolling over the sharp edge. The smoothing operation is performed by forming a deflectable flange including a bend region separated from the potentially sharp peripheral edge by a spacer, deflecting a portion of the deflectable flange, and softening at least one bent portion of the deflectable flange to yield a smooth periphery upon cooling. The deflection can include curling the spacer at or near the peripheral edge.

Claim (Index 8):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein impingement of the sheet against the ram is continued at least until the dimension (d) of the nearest approach of the peripheral edge of the sheet to the compartment is at least \u00bd the distance (D) from the compartment of the peripheral-most extent of the rim of the container.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 74.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73418
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15658785', '15445220', '15626013', '15787261', '15674787']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8922955634515849
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6149913869169068
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.864565145798117
- Mean Citation Score: 526.010184
- Max Citation Score: 569.2051
- Similarity Product: 416.6345838763

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

Dataset: test