PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16182197
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["222", "402100"]

Abstract:
Bag-on-valve (“BOV”) systems adapted to dispense viscous liquids, particularly syrup, which ordinarily crystallize in the presence of atmospheric oxygen and thereby block the flow path from the bag to the exterior of the container. The present systems utilize a BM flow path diameter effective to inhibit crystallization-based blockage. This facilitates storage of syrups art room temperature without needing refrigeration, and allows control over the dispensing amount through the use of a spray actuator. Methods for filling a BOV system with viscous product include a step to remove remnant product in the valve stem which may inhibit initial discharge. Such methods include exposure to a water source to dislodge and remove or dilute the remnant for evaporation or expulsion during initial discharge.

Claim (Index 11):
The method of  claim 10 , wherein said removing said product remnant from said stem further comprises removing said bag-on-valve system from said water bath after a predetermined amount of time.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.49438
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16136752', '14517826', '14750269', '13963773', '12768147']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7703951752046566
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4896678372871194
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7423224414129029
- Mean Citation Score: 154.217534
- Max Citation Score: 167.79593
- Similarity Product: 101.2040765867126

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