PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15979153
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["220", "269000"]

Abstract:
A metallic container end closure is provided that generally comprises a primary pour opening and an extended or secondary score which is opened with a secondary tool to form a secondary pour opening. The fact that a secondary tool is required allows the secondary score to be shallower, and thus more secure than deeper scores that are openable by finger pressure alone. Once the secondary tool is used to fracture the secondary score, a secondary pour opening is produced adjacent to the primary pour opening to form a larger opening. A user may insert materials such as ice or oranges through the enlarged pour opening.

Claim (Index 8):
A container end closure with a peripheral curl adapted for interconnection to a neck of a container, comprising:\n a central panel having a rivet interconnecting a pull tab to an upper surface of said central panel, said pull tab adapted for applying a downward force, wherein a nose of said pull tab is rotatable about said rivet to define an area of engagement about said rivet; a primary tear panel disposed on said central panel, said primary tear panel at least partially defined by a primary score extending from a starting point to a termination point, wherein said primary score is configured to be sheared by said downward force of said pull tab to create a primary pour opening; a secondary tear panel disposed on said central panel, said secondary tear panel at least partially defined by a secondary score extending from a starting point to a termination point, wherein said secondary tear panel is positioned outside of said area of engagement, and said secondary score configured to be sheared by a downward force generated by a secondary tool to create a secondary pour opening; and a transition zone extending from said termination point of said primary score to said starting point of said secondary score, wherein said transition zone is configured to be sheared by said downward force generated by said secondary tool, and said primary pour opening and said secondary pour opening combine to form a contiguous pour opening area to enhance pour characteristics and selectively allow insertion of additional materials into said container.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7619
- Patent Class: 220.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14829887', '14198174', '14812549', '15657374', '15581932']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8402881118890871
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5994254538465039
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8162018460848288
- Mean Citation Score: 386.718566
- Max Citation Score: 518.83887
- Similarity Product: 508.8029910477789

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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