PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16198655
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["198", "358000"]

Abstract:
The present invention includes conveying and sorting systems utilizing a plurality of continuous rails which support a plurality of sliding pucks that are urged forward using a plurality of sprocket wheels, and which utilize magnetically operated activation components for causing produce to be selectively dropped from cups carried by the pucks into sorting bins. The structures for the conveying and actuating components of the systems have smooth external surfaces reducing potential contamination by bacteria, contaminants and debris, thereby making them easily accessible for cleaning, and allowing for longer continuous operation times and higher efficiency.

Claim (Index 24):
The apparatus of  claim 22  wherein a continuous indentation is provided along each opposite side surface of each rail, and wherein each inside surface of each puck leg comprises a protrusion having a shape that is complementary to the indentation on the corresponding side surface of each rail.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12232546', '14040886', '12855697', '11054494', '14336811']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.704614887044444
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4631865337603
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6804720517160296
- Mean Citation Score: 178.49163
- Max Citation Score: 189.51244
- Similarity Product: 144.51043997505903

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