PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15968141
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["228", "037000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for soldering a workpiece using a solder application system. A nozzle includes a plurality of walls and a floor that together define a nozzle reservoir for containing liquid solder. The plurality of walls also define a soldering region that is external to the nozzle reservoir. The plurality of walls in the soldering region define holes that are configured to dispense the liquid solder from the nozzle reservoir. The holes are configured such that the liquid solder dispensed therefrom merges into a combined stream and the workpiece is soldered when placed into the combined stream

Claim (Index 18):
A solder application system for soldering a workpiece, the solder application system comprising:\n a solder pot for containing liquid solder; a nozzle configured to be filled up to a fill height with the liquid solder and to dispense the liquid solder for soldering the workpiece, wherein the nozzle comprises a plurality of walls and a floor, wherein the plurality of walls define a soldering region, and wherein the plurality of walls within the soldering region include a plurality of holes each defined below the fill height and each configured to dispense a flow of the liquid solder from the nozzle reservoir in a horizontal direction; and a pumping system for pumping the liquid solder from the solder pot to the nozzle; wherein when the liquid solder is filled up to at least the fill height, a head pressure is generated at each of the plurality of holes such that the stream of the liquid solder is dispensed therefrom; and wherein the plurality of holes are positioned such that the flow of the liquid solder dispensed therefrom merges into a combined stream in the soldering region such that the workpiece is soldered when placed into the combined stream.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10417
- Patent Class: 228.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12725236', '15334819', '11108400', '13040594', '13449470']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7868774005735485
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4470652194016679
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7528961824563605
- Mean Citation Score: 140.529126
- Max Citation Score: 143.86624
- Similarity Product: 120.07798007377625

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