PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15881716
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["019", "064500"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for producing continuous web or sliver of milkweed fibers without the use of conventional carding machines is disclosed. The method generally includes feeding raw materials including milkweed fibers into the apparatus, transferring the milkweed fibers to a sliver collecting net, and producing the slivers on the surface of the sliver collecting net. The slivers can be separated from the sliver collecting net.

Claim (Index 8):
A method for producing sliver of milkweed fibers comprising:\n feeding raw materials into a top portion of the apparatus, the raw materials comprising milkweed fibers; transferring the milkweed fibers to a surface of a sliver collecting net through an air stream, thereby aligning the fibers; producing slivers of the milkweed fibers on the surface of the sliver collecting net; and separating the slivers of the milkweed fibers from the sliver collecting net.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65116
- Patent Class: 19.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12263193', '10953191', '12739014', '10582866', '14061772']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5641602697724581
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4937582378842149
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5571200665836339
- Mean Citation Score: 151.731484
- Max Citation Score: 161.10298
- Similarity Product: 98.48991310571432

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

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