PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15958036
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["222", "083000"]

Abstract:
A front pull piercing valve assembly attached to a flexible container, whereby; when the wall of the flexible container is pulled into contact with a piercing element in the assembly, the contents of the container are dispensed by piercing the wall of the container and liquid flows through the valve assembly and directly into a container or through flexible hose or another connection to be dispensed. The valve assembly is configured in such a manner that during use it is filed with the liquid being dispensed thereby preventing the liquid in the flexible container from being exposed to air, namely, oxygen that often causes spoilage of certain liquids, such as wine.

Claim (Index 7):
A method of dispensing fluid through a front pull piercing assembly, the front pull piercing assembly including:\n a spout assembly having a longitudinal through internal passage and a sealing flange sealed to the film of the flexible container and having positioned therein a circular piercing element with a through internal passage and having a circular piercing end with at least one piercing point transversely positioned in the longitudinal passage in close proximity to the film of the flexible container; a threaded plug having a top and bottom and having a longitudinal through internal passage and a threaded exterior being fitted into the through internal passage of the spout assembly and the bottom of the plug configured to be sealed to the film of the flexible container; a threaded collar having a longitudinal internal passage and threaded on the interior of the longitudinal passage and positioned in the internal passage of the spout assembly and configured to threadably engage with the threaded exterior of the threaded plug; a valve body having an outlet opening for dispensing liquid from a flexible container centrally positioned in the threaded collar; an interior fitment positioned in the valve body having a valve that allows for flow of liquid from the flexible container when in an open position and when closed forms a seal to prevent air from contacting liquid in the valve body and flexible container; a valve actuator having a valve steam for opening and closing the valve and a handle attached thereto for manual valve operation; the method comprising:\n turning the threaded collar such that the threaded plug that contacts the film is moved away from the flexible back and into contact with the piercing point of the piercing element, thereby puncturing the film and allowing fluid from the container to flow into the valve body; \n actuating the valve actuator such that the valve is moved to the open position

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85938
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15178666', '15002577', '11888133', '13469551', '11895843']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7513898554839228
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5445587835540158
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7307067482909321
- Mean Citation Score: 296.174742
- Max Citation Score: 398.05734
- Similarity Product: 370.84562978931433

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

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