PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16047601
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["264", "320000"]

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to forming shaped thermoplastic articles having smooth peripheries. Many thermoplastic articles have sharp edges formed upon molding or cutting the article from a feedstock sheet. Such sharp edges can damage thin plastic films or flesh which they contact, and smoothing the edges is desirable. Described herein are methods of forming a smooth periphery for such sharp-edged articles by rolling over the sharp edge. The smoothing operation is performed by forming a deflectable flange including a bend region separated from the potentially sharp peripheral edge by a spacer, deflecting a portion of the deflectable flange, and softening at least one bent portion of the deflectable flange to yield a smooth periphery upon cooling. The deflection can include curling the spacer at or near the peripheral edge.

Claim (Index 14):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the ram has a shape selected to curl the peripheral-most portion of the spacer toward the compartment as the sheet is impinged against the ram.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 74.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73418
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15658785', '15445220', '15626013', '15787261', '15674787']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.890105983571032
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6286540826704646
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8639607934809752
- Mean Citation Score: 526.010184
- Max Citation Score: 569.2051
- Similarity Product: 470.5783628985942

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

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