PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880292
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["271", "145000"]

Abstract:
A packaging machine hopper is provided for holding a stack of packaging articles with each article in a generally horizontal orientation. The hopper comprises a support for holding at least part of the stack at an angle to vertical.

Claim (Index 20):
A hopper rod having a major rod portion and a terminal crank portion, said major rod portion being an elongate rod, said crank portion extending from one end of said major rod portion, said crank portion being angled with respect to said major rod portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.32258
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12018778', '11031876', '13436250', '13541272', '15352685']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.731142071940831
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4941705810973677
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7074449228564846
- Mean Citation Score: 123.44459000000002
- Max Citation Score: 128.71503
- Similarity Product: 66.18440557610751

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

Dataset: test