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 1):
A system for heating and dispensing a food substance in a liquid state comprising:\n a dispensing unit comprising:\n an elongated housing defining a longitudinal axis; \n a reservoir disposed in the housing and configured for receiving a food substance; \n an arcuately curved heating band complementary configured to the reservoir and in conformal contact with exterior side surfaces of the reservoir, the heating band operable to melt the food substance therein to produce a liquid; \n the heating band extending for substantially an entire height of the reservoir and wrapping around a circumference of the reservoir; \n a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir for pumping the liquid; \n a power supply; \n an actuator configured to selectively activate the pump; \n a dispensing nozzle supported by the housing; and \n a dispensing tube fluidly coupling the pump to dispensing nozzle; \n wherein activating the pump dispenses the liquid from the reservoir through the dispensing tube and nozzle.

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): 0.7282450421655612
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4897610969624872
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7043966476452539
- Mean Citation Score: 180.344472
- Max Citation Score: 189.42488
- Similarity Product: 125.33874172933578

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