PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16278487
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["131", "096000"]

Abstract:
A tobacco product is formed by perforated cigar or shell, the shell comprising a sheet of material with an intermediate sheet, the sheet comprising tobacco leaves and/or homogenized tobacco paper. The cigar or shell is packaged for shipment to an end user or consumer. The cigar or shell remains in the rolled, shaped tube form inside the package. After the cigar or shell is removed from the package, a consumer can fill the cigar or shell with crushed tobacco leaves or other tobacco filler material of a favorite blend, thereby eliminating some steps in the making of a “roll-your-own” tobacco product. A liquid can be added to the cigar or shell to moisturize same. The liquid can include flavoring.

Claim (Index 12):
A method of making a custom made cigar comprising the steps of:\n (a) a consumer purchasing a cigar having a shell, the shell having first and second ends and a longitudinal bore, the bore being filled with tobacco filler;\n (i) a plurality of perforations which can be opened causing the cigar to have first and second longitudinal edge portions; \n (ii) wherein the cigar is packaged for sale; and \n (iii) wherein after the cigar is removed from the packaging, the perforations can be opened by a consumer, and the first and second edge portions can be moved apart thereby allowing the consumer to remove at least part of the tobacco filler from the bore, and add new tobacco to the bore and thereafter form a custom cigar; \n (b) the consumer opening the perforations forming first and second edge portions, and moving apart the first and second edge portions to provide access to the tobacco filler in the bore; (c) the consumer removing at least part of the tobacco filler from the bore; and (d) the consumer sealing the shell, thereby forming a custom-tailored cigar.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 131.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12164248', '12481006', '13658136', '13039694', '11085822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8115004871578715
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5952719265039158
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.789877631092476
- Mean Citation Score: 499.209614
- Max Citation Score: 501.35846
- Similarity Product: 494.93050392773387

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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