PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16010309
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["700", "169000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for a self-contained modular manufacturing device having self-contained modular tools configured to collectively accomplish a specific task or function in a hierarchical control manner. In an embodiment, the modular device includes a housing that has a mount configured to engage a robotic arm or other form of maneuvering actuator (such a crane or gantry). The housing may provide a base by which additional modules may be mounted and coupled. The modular device also includes an interface configured to communicate with a remote master control system capable of control the robotic arm. The modular device also includes one or more other modules that are configured to accomplish a particular task or function. Such modules are sometimes called end-effectors and work in conjunction with each other to accomplish tasks and functions. In a self-contained modular manufacturing device, individual processors disposed in the housing may be configured to control the functional tools (e.g., each end-effector) independent of the overall manufacturing control system and pass control of the self-contained modular device between local controllers in a hierarchical manner.

Claim (Index 7):
The self-contained modular device of  claim 1 , wherein:\n at least one local controller is further configured to receive an electronic start signal from the master control system that causes the at least one local controller to initiate the manufacturing function of at least one other device module; and the at least one local controller is further configured to send an electronic finish signal to the master control system corresponding to the at least one other device module accomplishing the manufacturing function.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10989
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14876415', '14876443', '14876603', '15987744', '14680837']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4376039550043148
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5330999649423853
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4471535559981219
- Mean Citation Score: 314.116764
- Max Citation Score: 368.7817
- Similarity Product: 315.15693272070286

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test