PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15990853
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["198", "788000"]

Abstract:
A system and an apparatus capable of independently driving movers are described herein. The system and apparatus includes: a track that forms a path for movers; a plurality of movers movably mounted on the track for moving along the path; and a plurality of drive elements fixedly arranged along the track. The drive elements each have a surface that is oriented to contact a driven member of the movers. The drive elements are configured to sequentially engage the driven member of a plurality of the movers to provide controlled independent motion of the movers along the track. The drive elements may be driven by rotary motors. A method of independently driving movers is also described herein.

Claim (Index 10):
The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein at least one mover can follow an indexing motion for at least a portion of the path, wherein said indexing motion includes a period for dwell and a period for motion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15517
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15990852', '13678741', '15005171', '14552255', '15435823']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7502815850533068
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5549757011665853
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7307509966646347
- Mean Citation Score: 280.60920600000003
- Max Citation Score: 529.685
- Similarity Product: 364.05437722206113

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