PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16104566
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["222", "146200"]

Abstract:
A dispensing system for heating and dispensing a food substance in a liquid state includes a portable dispensing unit including housing comprising a reservoir for holding a food substance, a heater operable to heat the substance to an operating temperature for producing a liquid, and a pump for dispensing the liquid via a dispensing tube and spray nozzle. A manually activated actuator operates to initiate the dispensing cycle. Control circuitry associated with the dispensing unit monitors the liquid temperature and controls operation of pump and unit. The dispensing unit may be powered by a rechargeable battery. A charging base provides a dock for recharging the battery of the dispensing unit. The pump may include an auto-reverse feature to draw the liquid back into reservoir when not dispensing the liquid for preventing clogs in the dispensing system.

Claim (Index 15):
A dispensing system for heating and dispensing a food substance in a liquid state comprising:\n a housing defining a longitudinal axis; a reservoir disposed in the housing and configured for receiving a food substance; a heater in thermal contact with the reservoir and operable to melt the food substance therein to produce a liquid; a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir for pumping the liquid; a power supply; an actuator configured to selectively activate the pump, the actuator being alterable between an actuated and a deactuated state; a dispensing nozzle supported by the housing; a dispensing tube fluidly coupling the pump to the dispensing nozzle; a temperature sensor operable to measure a temperature of the liquid in the reservoir; and control circuitry operably coupled to the temperature sensor and pump; wherein placing the actuator in an actuated state activates the pump and dispenses the liquid from the reservoir through the dispensing tube and nozzle; wherein the control circuitry is configured such that the pump cannot be activated until the temperature reaches a preprogrammed minimum baseline operating temperature.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15792297', '12527896', '10979578', '14110048', '10392963']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7305315825652415
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4784263728509626
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7053210615938137
- Mean Citation Score: 180.344472
- Max Citation Score: 189.42488
- Similarity Product: 140.4991081584835

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