PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16146027
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["222", "092000"]

Abstract:
A highly flexible thermoformed stand-up dispensing package for a flowable material that is produced from one or more highly flexible heat-sealable polymeric sheets is formed with a trapezoidal front wall and opposing back wall and is dimensional and configured so that the corner of the package formed by the intersection of the top and the projecting side wall, or walls, that extend at an obtuse angle from the base is removable along a weakened tear line that is positioned upon removal to provide an integral pour spout for the controlled dispensing of the flowable material; and the container portion of the package is dimensioned to ( 1 ) maintain the center of gravity of the flowable material in the package over the base wall when the base wall of the filled package is in contact with a horizontal surface, and ( 2 ) to maintain the level of flowable material in the opened package is below the opened integral pour spout.

Claim (Index 1):
A highly flexible thermoformed stand-up dispensing package for a flowable material, the package produced from one or more highly flexible heat-sealable polymeric sheets, the package comprising:\n a. a bottom sheet thermoformed into a container portion that includes a recessed chamber having a trapezoidal bottom wall and integrally formed opposing side walls, a top wall and a base wall parallel to the top wall, where at least one of the side walls forms an included obtuse angle with the base wall, the chamber being bounded by an outwardly extending peripheral area, the chamber being configured and dimensioned to receive the flowable material, and b. a top cover sheet superposed on, and heat-sealed to the periphery of the bottom sheet to form a trapezoidal front wall, wherein the opposing side walls are generally trapezoidal or triangular and the narrow end of the trapezoid or the apex of the triangle defines the top wall of the recessed chamber, and the opposite end of each of the side walls defines the base wall, the base wall being dimensioned to maintain the center of gravity of the flowable material in the package over the base wall due to the deformation of the highly flexible walls under the outward force of the flowable material when the base wall of the filled package is in contact with a horizontal surface, and where a predetermined portion of the corner of the package formed by the intersection of the top wall and the projecting side wall that extends at an obtuse angle from the base is removable to provide an opening to dispense the flowable material in the package.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97619
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15143229', '15789625', '15284215', '14941195', '14498647']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8025835446439775
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.516572995399263
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.773982489719506
- Mean Citation Score: 323.087076
- Max Citation Score: 341.29755
- Similarity Product: 312.98482427386347

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

Dataset: test