PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863063
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["426", "431000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling operation of a beverage forming machine arranged for use with cartridges of different types, or receiving an upwardly flowing beverage from a cartridge. A beverage outlet may be movable to receive beverage from a cartridge of a first type, and to not receive beverage from a cartridge of a second type. Different cartridge characteristics may be detected by multiple detectors, e.g., for detecting a presence/absence of a cartridge, a cartridge type and/or an authorization feature.

Claim (Index 31):
The apparatus of  claim 29 , wherein the second beverage outlet is positioned outside of a cartridge receiving area of the cartridge holder in the first position, and the second beverage outlet is positioned within a cartridge receiving area of the cartridge holder in the second position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81633
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14157889', '14157853', '14158057', '15056316', '14448031']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7894543720505467
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5316489571047799
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.76367383055597
- Mean Citation Score: 309.212306
- Max Citation Score: 338.5633
- Similarity Product: 272.0348234020591

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