PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879637
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["062", "344000"]

Abstract:
A refrigerator appliance and ice maker apparatus are included herein. The ice maker apparatus may include a casing, an auger, a discrete flange, and an extruder die. The casing may define a chamber about a central axis. The casing may extend along the central axis between a top portion and a bottom portion. The casing may include a first material. The auger may be disposed within the chamber of the casing. The discrete flange may be selectively mounted on the casing. The discrete flange may include a second material that is unique from the first material. The extruder die may be attached to the discrete upper flange and positioned above the casing.

Claim (Index 8):
The ice maker apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a cooling air duct enclosing the casing, the cooling air duct defining an air passage extending about the casing and a plurality of air openings in fluid communication with the air passage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2963
- Patent Class: 62.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15208673', '15045432', '15045397', '15045456', '15006216']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8242304589615711
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5490855866140671
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7967159717268207
- Mean Citation Score: 339.665086
- Max Citation Score: 398.2404
- Similarity Product: 354.2851669276715

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