PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128329
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["493", "220000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to a protective wrap and a protective envelope or pouch made therefrom, as well as the apparatus and process for forming such wraps and envelopes. Water-based heat-expandable adhesives (WBHEA) which include a plurality of heat-expandable microspheres are disposed in a pattern between web substrates on a continuous, high speed manufacturing line to produce padded, insulated products useful as envelopes, mailers and other protective packaging.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of manufacturing a protective padded wrap on a continuous manufacturing line, the method including:\n a.) providing a first continuous web substrate having a top side and a bottom side, and a length and a width which defines a perimeter thereabout and an inner perimeter portion; b.) providing a second continuous web substrate having a top side and a bottom side, and a length and width which defines a perimeter thereabout and an inner perimeter portion; c.) forming a sealable perimeter portion by applying a layer of sealing adhesive about the perimeter of the top side of the first web to form a sealable perimeter portion, the padded wrap having vents to allow for water evaporation, wherein the vents may be formed from one or more of: gaps in the sealing adhesive; punctures in the inner perimeter portion; and perforations in the inner perimeter portion; d.) depositing a pattern of a water-based heat-expandable adhesive (WBHEA) comprising a water-based polymer and a plurality of heat-expandable microspheres on the inner portion of one or more of the first web and the second web, the WBHEA forming a protective padded area when expanded; e.) joining the first and second webs at their respective perimeters to form a sealed structure enclosing the WBHEA without substantially compressing the WBHEA therebetween; f.) exposing the sealed structure to RF radiation to expand and set the WBHEA to form the protective padded wrap; and g.) optionally further processing the protective padded wrap to provide a desired uniformity in thickness and/or desired shape in at least one section of the protective padded wrap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.30508
- Patent Class: 493.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13826451', '15475685', '13551205', '15410920', '12387577']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5920019315469157
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5014541681152102
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5829471552037451
- Mean Citation Score: 137.787578
- Max Citation Score: 140.09901000000002
- Similarity Product: 73.79085279240847

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

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