PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15753629
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["030", "507000"]

Abstract:
A cutting apparatus for cutting an item supported by a surface, comprising a knife ( 1 ) comprising a blade ( 2 ), a blade support means ( 3 ), and an alignment guide ( 4 ), having an arm ( 7 ) pivotally attached to the knife and a surface contacting means ( 8 ) extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of the knife and adapted to contact the surface in front of the blade, in the cutting direction so that, in use, the alignment guide can move with the blade, as the blade cuts into an item whereby if the knife tilts or tends to tilt, this is resisted by virtue of the alignment guide or, if the resistance is overcome, is reduced by raising of one or other lateral edges of the surface contacting means.

Claim (Index 31):
A method of preventing or reducing tilt of a bow knife, comprising providing a knife as claimed in  claim 17 , positioning this upon an item to be cut, which is supported by a surface, positioning the alignment guide so that the surface contacting means contacts the surface in front of the blade, and using mechanical and/or visual feedback from the alignment means to prevent or reduce tilt.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10959
- Patent Class: 30.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15867842', '15628637', '12691899', '10803419', '15152354']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8149008357545272
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4770583459538197
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7811165867744565
- Mean Citation Score: 170.78053200000005
- Max Citation Score: 176.41754
- Similarity Product: 113.82382116546871

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

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