PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15948170
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["141", "004000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is a method by which a reusable, refillable pressurized container used in consumer refillable packaging can be certified in a manner akin to single use containers. The certification calls for each receptacle to pass certain quality assurance measures, including automated testing and examination (100% receptacle testing and examination). In an exemplary case, the materials (fluids) in these receptacles will be for personal care or household use and will be non-regulated non-hazardous non-flammable non-corrosive materials (fluids), although the invention will not necessarily be so limited. The gases in these receptacles are preferably non-flammable compressed gases (compressed air or nitrogen) commercially free from corroding components.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for certifying and refilling pressurized consumer packaging, comprising:\n providing a refill station having a visual inspection system; introducing a refillable consumer container that is refillable at the refill station; pressure testing the refillable consumer container at the refill station to determine integrity prior to refilling the refillable consumer container; using the visual inspection system to certify the refillable consumer container after the pressure testing; discarding the refillable consumer container if it fails the visual inspection; identifying a previous content of the refillable consumer container if it passes the visual inspection; and refilling the refillable consumer container with a compatible material to the previous content at the refill station.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5375
- Patent Class: 141.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15383099', '14470128', '11174066', '12456005', '14281689']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6951988021084385
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4656913708139876
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6722480589789934
- Mean Citation Score: 103.819286
- Max Citation Score: 127.56591
- Similarity Product: 92.01469068508744

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