PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15893364
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["399", "302000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and methods of decorating a metallic container are provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods used to provide a decoration or indicia on a predetermined portion of an outer surface of a metallic container body. The decorator includes at least one digital print unit, a transfer blanket, and a support element. The digital print unit transfers a decorating material to the transfer blanket to form a decoration on the transfer blanket. The support element then moves a metallic container into contact with the transfer blanket. In this manner, the decorating material is transferred to an exterior surface portion of the metallic container to decorate the metallic container. In one embodiment, the digital print unit is an electrophotographic system which transfers a toner material to the transfer blanket. In another embodiment, the digital print unit includes an inkjet print head which transfers an ink to the transfer blanket. Optionally, the decorator may include two or more support elements.

Claim (Index 3):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the transfer blanket is at least one of a continuous loop of material and a plurality of individual blanket segments.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38667
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15159060', '14537594', '15231128', '15645347', '15378768']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8337309359917449
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5080870709636712
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8011665494889375
- Mean Citation Score: 256.878878
- Max Citation Score: 294.77838
- Similarity Product: 184.40621525166043

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

Dataset: test