PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16402388
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["312", "228000"]

Abstract:
A lock and a home appliance having the same are disclosed. The lock includes a holder provided at one selected from between the cabinet and the door, a housing provided at the other selected from between the cabinet and the door, a first stopper provided at the housing, a fastening unit separably coupled to the first stopper so as to be coupled to the holder when separated from the first stopper, an actuation unit configured to reciprocate in the housing, the actuation unit being configured to be moved away from the introduction port in the state of contacting the holder when the door is moved so as to close the introduction port, the actuation unit being configured to separate the fastening unit from the first stopper while being moved away from the introduction port, a first elastic member for providing force necessary to move the fastening unit away from the introduction port when the fastening unit is separated from the first stopper, a second elastic member for providing force necessary to move the actuation unit toward the introduction port, and an actuation unit lock for fixing the actuation unit to the housing when not in contact with the door and releasing coupling between the actuation unit and the housing when in contact with the door.

Claim (Index 21):
A home appliance comprising:\n a cabinet having an introduction port therein; a tub provided in the cabinet; a communication hole, through which an interior of the tub communicates with the introduction port; a door comprising a first door body for opening and closing the introduction port and a second door body protruding from the first door body toward the tub for closing the communication hole when the first door body closes the introduction port; a holder fixed to the door, the holder being located in a space defined between the closing surface and the first door body; a housing provided at the cabinet; a first stopper provided at the housing, the first stopper being located between the introduction port and the communication hole; a fastening unit separably supported by the first stopper, the fastening unit being coupled to the holder when separated from the first stopper; an actuation unit configured to reciprocate in the housing, the actuation unit being moved toward the communication hole in a state of contacting the holder when the first door body is moved in a direction in which the introduction port is closed, the actuation unit being configured to separate the fastening unit from the first stopper while the actuation unit is moved toward the communication hole; a first elastic member for providing force necessary to move the fastening unit toward the communication hole when the fastening unit is separated from the first stopper; a second elastic member for providing force necessary to move the actuation unit toward the introduction port; and an actuation unit lock separably coupled to the actuation unit, the actuation unit lock being configured to be separated from the actuation unit such that the actuation unit can reciprocate in the housing when in contact with the closing surface and configured to be coupled to the actuation unit such that a position of the actuation unit is fixed when not in contact with the closing surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.22857
- Patent Class: 312.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15465010', '15398213', '14857571', '14857608', '15547893']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7934992308039276
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5636938939557017
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7705186971191049
- Mean Citation Score: 304.17528
- Max Citation Score: 436.37442
- Similarity Product: 400.7963562950993

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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