PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16198655
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["198", "358000"]

Abstract:
The present invention includes conveying and sorting systems utilizing a plurality of continuous rails which support a plurality of sliding pucks that are urged forward using a plurality of sprocket wheels, and which utilize magnetically operated activation components for causing produce to be selectively dropped from cups carried by the pucks into sorting bins. The structures for the conveying and actuating components of the systems have smooth external surfaces reducing potential contamination by bacteria, contaminants and debris, thereby making them easily accessible for cleaning, and allowing for longer continuous operation times and higher efficiency.

Claim (Index 25):
The apparatus of  claim 22  wherein outwardly extending lugs are provided on outside surfaces of each puck leg, the apparatus further comprising a plurality of parallel sprocket wheels, each such wheel provided adjacent to a curved portion of each rail, each wheel comprising a plurality of sprockets for engaging lugs of said pucks as they travel around the curved portions of the rails in order to urge said pucks along said rails.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12232546', '14040886', '12855697', '11054494', '14336811']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6784631458982014
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4645750881504654
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6570743401234278
- Mean Citation Score: 178.49163
- Max Citation Score: 189.51244
- Similarity Product: 139.57057383541346

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