PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15748967
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["066", "104000"]

Abstract:
A loop-forming process includes moving a plurality of system components ( 11, 12 ) relatively to a needle bed ( 14 ). The system components ( 11, 12 ) contact threads ( 23 ) for forming loops. At least one spacer ( 10 ) is placed between at least two adjacent system components ( 11, 12 ) of the plurality of system components ( 11, 12 ) and defines the distance ( 21 ) between the two adjacent system components ( 11, 12 ), the spacer ( 10 ) being in mechanical contact to the two adjacent system components ( 11, 12 ). The spacer ( 10 ) is placed away from and does not contact threads and is moved with respect to the needle bed ( 14 ). The spacer ( 10 ) is also moved with respect to both of the two adjacent system components ( 11, 12 ) at least for a period of time during the loop forming process. An equivalent device is also disclosed and claimed.

Claim (Index 16):
Device for loop-forming according to  claim 12  further comprising at least one groove ( 16 ) which has a width which is equal to or bigger than 0.8 times the pitch ( 52 ) of the respective needle bed ( 14 ) and which has a length bigger than 60% of the system components' ( 11 ,  12 ) length.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.84615
- Patent Class: 66.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10566251', '11700759', '13236313', '10516258', '15301556']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.675065478496004
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4782025712061055
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6553791877670141
- Mean Citation Score: 183.152416
- Max Citation Score: 193.82542
- Similarity Product: 106.98987311964156

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

Dataset: test