PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880093
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["076", "110000"]

Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for forming a profile groove in an elongated key blank having a key blade with opposite side surfaces. The profile groove is formed in a surface of the key blank by a punching or a broaching tool with at least one tooth. The punching or broaching tool is forced and guided longitudinally in parallel to the key blank so as to cut out the material of the key blank into the desired profile shape, corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the at least one tooth. At the same time, the opposite side surfaces portions of the key blank are clamped or held firmly between opposite holding surfaces of a fixture, causing a firm abutment and retaining action on the longitudinal side surface portions of the key blank located adjacent to and all along the profile groove being formed.

Claim (Index 10):
The broaching apparatus defined in  claim 9 , wherein said guiding recess is a longitudinal guiding cavity in said fixture, said cavity being dimensioned to accommodate said slide member with a slight play enabling a linear but non-rotatable movement in parallel to said key blank when being held in said holding device of said fixture.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 76.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11694097', '12388043', '12866204', '13118880', '13080339']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6262226390993978
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5600243046769199
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6196028056571501
- Mean Citation Score: 181.034922
- Max Citation Score: 185.34407
- Similarity Product: 108.34764181141315

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test