PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15742872
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["193", "02500C"]

Abstract:
A flexible funnel element attachable to a holder funnel element to form a funnel section of a material guide chute. The funnel elements include releasable connections to able the flexible elements to be interchanged at the holder elements when worn. Due to the modular construction of the funnel sections, the guide chute has component parts of different materials such that selected components may be optimized for wear resistance and maintaining the free flow of material through the chute.

Claim (Index 14):
The funnel section as claimed in  claim 11 , further comprising a guide ring mounted at an inlet end of the holder funnel element, the guide ring having at least one attachment element arranged to enable the funnel section to be mounted to an auxiliary support structure and/or other funnel sections forming part of the guide chute.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60784
- Patent Class: 193.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16311461', '13087097', '11597189', '15010226', '15316705']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6030654448324516
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5057597352803637
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5933348738772428
- Mean Citation Score: 212.519168
- Max Citation Score: 327.77258
- Similarity Product: 240.54354745957733

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

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