PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15916239
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["222", "518000"]

Abstract:
A valve module with floating member for use in a fluid applicator and a fluid applicator comprising said valve module are disclosed. The fluid applicator further includes a valve module that is configured to control a flow of fluid from the chamber to the cavity. The valve module includes an upper valve seat and a valve stem operatively coupled to the drive pin and extending from the chamber to the cavity. The valve module further includes a retaining tip attached to the valve stem and a floating member disposed in the cavity between the opening and the retaining tip such that the valve stem passes through the floating member and the floating member is movable along a longitudinal axis of the valve stem.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of controlling a flow of fluid from a chamber of a fluid applicator to a cavity of said fluid applicator, said cavity having an upper valve seat via which fluid enters said cavity and an outlet via which fluid is dispensed, the method comprising:\n moving a valve stem, in a direction away from said upper valve seat and along a longitudinal axis of said valve stem, to a first position; and moving said valve stem, in the direction away from said upper valve seat and along said longitudinal axis of said valve stem, from said first position to a second position, wherein said second position is a greater distance from said upper valve seat than said first position, wherein said valve stem comprises a retaining tip disposed within said cavity, and wherein a floating member, disposed within said cavity between said upper valve seat and said retaining tip and through which said valve stem passes, is caused to move, at least in part, along said longitudinal axis of said valve stem by at least one of moving said valve stem to said first position and moving said valve stem from said first position to said second position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.35185
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15264589', '13440120', '14718416', '15603530', '11561584']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7560493464799747
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5046927424347284
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.73091368607545
- Mean Citation Score: 204.057996
- Max Citation Score: 311.14764
- Similarity Product: 257.9470859473443

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