PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15876857
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["294", "213000"]

Abstract:
A gripping device with linear actuation for a robotic arm for seizing and gripping Petri dishes and other light items. The gripping device has a support and first and second gripping arms slidably retained relative to the support by guide rods. A motorized drive mechanism actuates the gripping arms through an operating member that acts only on the first gripping arm. Through an interconnection mechanism, movement of the first gripping arm actuates a simultaneous and dependent opposite movement of the second gripping arm so that the gripping arms are movable between a slack position and a clamping position. The operating member acts on the first gripping arm through a resiliently compressible member, the distortion of which is measured to provide a clamping limitation mechanism.

Claim (Index 1):
A gripping device comprising:\n a support; at least one guide member retained by the support; a motor; first and second gripping arms movable with respect to one another and retained relative to the support to travel along the at least one guide member wherein the first and second gripping arms have a first position where the first and second gripping arms are in proximity, the first position comprising a clamping position, and a second position where the first and second gripping arms are moved apart with respect to the first position, the second position comprising a slack position; a drive mechanism driven by the motor wherein the drive mechanism drives the first and second gripping arms with respect to one another at least from the slack position to the clamping position; wherein the drive mechanism comprises an actuating mechanism that acts on the first gripping arm, the first gripping arm comprising an operating gripping arm; wherein the drive mechanism further comprises an interconnection mechanism that interconnects the operating gripping arm and the second gripping arm, the interconnection mechanism operative to induce simultaneous and opposite movement of the second gripping arm in response to movement of the operating gripping arm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 60.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95522
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15142930', '12903470', '14172262', '10558674', '10791556']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.747117207455771
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4655892071476878
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7189644074249627
- Mean Citation Score: 161.86456
- Max Citation Score: 163.46803
- Similarity Product: 118.36653693922877

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