PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16168117
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["425", "388000"]

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods of forming selected portions of integral sheets of material are disclosed. Unformed portions of the sheets may remain undistorted during the forming process, allowing them to contain text, art work, or other desired information without material risk of the information being degraded or becoming unintelligible during the forming process. This result may be accomplished, moreover, with less trim than usually occurs in conventional forming processes.

Claim (Index 21):
Apparatus for thermoforming a plastic material into a coin holder, the plastic material comprising integral first and second regions, the first region having generally circular cross-section, the apparatus comprising:\n a. a mold (i) configured to be evacuated, (ii) defining an upper surface and a perimeter, and (iii) comprising (A) a plurality of plugs protruding upward from the upper surface, each of the plurality of plugs (1) having an upper surface and (2) being generally cylindrical in shape, (B) a plurality of alignment pins protruding upward from the upper surface, and (C) a plurality of clamps surrounding at least some of the perimeter and configured to secure the plastic material against the upper surface; b. an energy sink comprising a plate having (i) a depth, (ii) a plurality of cut-outs extending through the depth, each of the plurality of cut-outs having generally circular cross-section and configured to be horizontally aligned with a corresponding plug of the plurality of plugs, and (iii) a plurality of openings, each of the plurality of openings being configured to be horizontally aligned with a corresponding alignment pin of the plurality of alignment pins; and c. a controllable bank of heaters cooperating with the energy sink to heat the first region to its forming temperature while maintaining the second region at less than its forming temperature so as to form the first region into the coin holder.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.46154
- Patent Class: 425.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13732454', '13732452', '13008066', '14689235', '13596087']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7369550915719764
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4967030972676026
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.712929892141539
- Mean Citation Score: 240.357024
- Max Citation Score: 277.50595
- Similarity Product: 230.6689674399316

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

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