PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16446127
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["356", "239700"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for tracking defects in sheet materials. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

Claim (Index 2):
The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said tracking arrangement further comprises a second structure sensor disposed downstream of said first structure sensor, and configured to detect inherent structural features of the sheet material; said tracking arrangement further comprises a processing unit configured to process a portion of the sheet material containing the material defect; and said method further comprises:\n moving said sheet material to said second structure sensor after detection of said at least one inherent structural feature by said first structure sensor; moving said sheet material through or past said second structure sensor, and then detecting, with said second structure sensor, inherent structural features of said sheet material; receiving data, with said control arrangement, from said second structure sensor, and thereby preparing and storing a second structure data record representing the inherent structural features as detected by said second structure sensor; comparing, with said control arrangement, the second structure data record with the first structure data record, and thus comparing the inherent structural features detected by said second structure sensor with said at least one inherent structural feature detected by said first structure sensor; and upon determining that an inherent structural feature detected by said second structure sensor matches sufficiently with said at least one inherent structural feature detected by said first structure sensor, and thus detecting that said material defect is in a position to be processed, actuating, with said control arrangement, a processing unit and processing the portion of said sheet material containing said material defect.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82143
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15016415', '14542871', '15047825', '11292927', '11266499']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6584053282456128
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4842689608445246
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6409916915055041
- Mean Citation Score: 141.444661
- Max Citation Score: 253.53462
- Similarity Product: 231.0169946949256

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