PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15770815
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["206", "521000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a capsule for a substantially cylindrical vessel with a shell surface, an upper open end, and a lower closed end, wherein the shell surface, at least in the area of the open end, is of substantially cylindrical design. In order to protect substantially cylindrical vessels against breakage in cost-effective manner, it is suggested in the scope of the invention that the shell surface above the closed end comprises at least one means for forming a free space, which is a crimp, directed at least partially inwards on the shell surface. Here, the capsule is configured in such a way, that it can be fitted onto the bottom-side end of the substantially cylindrical vessel. The tolerance limits of the substantially cylindrical vessel are thereby compensated.

Claim (Index 8):
A capsule ( 1 ) for fitting onto the bottom-side end of a substantially cylindrical vessel ( 2 ), with a shell surface ( 1 a ), an upper open end ( 1 b ) and a lower closed end ( 1 c ), wherein the shell surface ( 1 a ), at least in the area of the open end ( 1 b ), is of substantially cylindrical design, wherein the shell surface ( 1 a ) and the lower closed end ( 1 ) comprise a plastic film, wherein the shell surface ( 1 a ), above the closed end ( 1 c ), comprises at least one means ( 3 ) for forming a free space ( 4 ), wherein the means ( 3 ) for forming a free space ( 4 ) protrudes into the inner area of the capsule ( 1 ), whereby a tapering of the internal cross-section of the capsule ( 1 ) is achieved, and wherein the means ( 3 ) for forming a free space ( 4 ) is formed as a crimp ( 3 c ) extending at least over a part of the circumference of the shell surface ( 1 a ) and directed inwards, against which the bottom of the substantially cylindrical vessel ( 2 ) abuts when fitting the capsule ( 1 ) and which prevents the substantially cylindrical vessel ( 2 ) from being inserted further into the capsule ( 1 ), wherein the shell surface ( 1 a ) comprises above the means ( 3 ) for forming a free space ( 4 ) at least one crimp ( 5 ), perpendicular to the axis of the capsule ( 1 ) and directed towards the interior of the capsule ( 1 ), and/or inwardly-directed nubs ( 6 ) and/or at least one crimp ( 7 ) parallel to the axis of the capsule ( 1 ) and directed towards the inside of the capsule ( 1 ), for compensating tolerances of the vessel diameter of the substantially cylindrical vessel ( 2 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01408
- Patent Class: 206.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14572766', '12712735', '12285843', '15419417', '15519475']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7861202347438716
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.45937014982903
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7534452262523875
- Mean Citation Score: 127.2169672
- Max Citation Score: 135.26886000000002
- Similarity Product: 100.72539352696896

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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