PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16363364
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["294", "086400"]

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible. A granular material is provided in an interior of the gripper. The gripping tool grips a workpiece by depressurizing the interior of the gripper in a state in which the gripper is caused to contact the workpiece. The gripper includes a first portion contacting the workpiece, a second portion opposing the first portion, and a fibrous membrane having a plurality of pores and being provided between the first portion and the second portion. A diameter of at least a portion of the pores is smaller than a diameter of the granular material. The granular material is provided between the fibrous membrane and the second portion.

Claim (Index 5):
A gripping tool, comprising a gripper,\n the gripper being flexible, a granular material being provided in an interior of the gripper, the gripping tool gripping a workpiece by depressurizing the interior of the gripper in a state in which the gripper is caused to contact the workpiece, the gripper including:\n a first portion contacting the workpiece; \n a second portion opposing the first portion; and \n a fibrous membrane having a plurality of pores and being provided between the first portion and the second portion, \n the first portion and the fibrous membrane including a portion curved to be convex in a direction away from the second portion, a diameter of at least a portion of the pores being smaller than a diameter of the granular material, the granular material being positioned between the fibrous membrane and the second portion and provided inside the portion of the fibrous membrane curved to be convex.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.63265
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16033461', '13195511', '10653491', '14124551', '11784576']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6630845174098812
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4796098403833398
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6447370497072271
- Mean Citation Score: 131.72980520000002
- Max Citation Score: 137.81519
- Similarity Product: 90.43099969224691

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