PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917141
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["366", "342000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to apparatus and method of making a frozen confectionary product such as ice cream or sorbet in which a confectionary mix is churned in a vessel whilst a liquid gas such as liquid nitrogen is added. Existing churning apparatus moves a stirrer through the ice cream mix in an epicyclical motion. This tends to splash liquid nitrogen so that it evaporates without contributing to the freezing of the ice cream. In the improved mixing method, the stirrer is repeatedly drawn against the inside wall(s) of the vessel. This reduces splashing of the liquid nitrogen. The drawing action also removes build up of frozen confectionary product on both the stirrer and the vessel walls and allows unfrozen confectionary mix to move to the edges of the vessel and be preferentially frozen.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of making a frozen confectionary product in which an unfrozen confectionary mix, agitated within a vessel, is cooled and frozen by a liquid gas:\n characterised in that an agitator agitates the mix with a cyclic motion comprising: a downward movement through the confectionary mix towards the base of the vessel which moves frozen confectionary mix from an inner surface of the vessel towards the base of the vessel; and an upward movement which moves unfrozen confectionary mix towards the surface of the confectionary mix; the cyclic motion also including a transversal movement towards and away from the wall of the vessel; the vessel being rotated with respect to the agitator; such that the upward and downward movements do not occur within the same part within the vessel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81013
- Patent Class: 366.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12804032', '10997262', '15627057', '11669768', '15352245']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8119790116534769
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.478180937846815
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7785992042728107
- Mean Citation Score: 189.22896
- Max Citation Score: 240.09283
- Similarity Product: 171.04801837056874

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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