PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15993992
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["131", "328000"]

Abstract:
The e-vaping device includes a housing, the housing defining one or more inlets, a power source, and a cartridge. The cartridge includes a reservoir containing a pre-vapor formulation. A heater and wick arrangement is in fluid communication with the reservoir. An annular seal is in fluid communication with the one or more inlets. The annular seal defines a first air passage. A flow restrictor is held by the annular seal. The flow restrictor defines a second air passage, the second air passage being configured to provide a desired resistance-to-draw (RTD) for the e-vaping device. A combined airflow cross-sectional area of the one or more inlets is greater than an airflow cross-sectional area of the second air passage. The flow restrictor is made from a first material that is harder than a second material for the annular seal.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of establishing a desired resistance-to-draw (RTD) consistently amongst a plurality of e-vaping devices, comprising:\n establishing an airflow path within at least a first section of each e-vaping device, the first section including a heater and one or more air inlets; inserting an annular seal within said airflow path, the annular seal being positioned within the first section, the annular seal defining a first air passage; sealing a first end of the first section of each e-vaping device by affixing a connector on the first end, the connector holding a terminal; and providing the desired RTD for each e-vaping device by,\n disposing a flow restrictor within the first air passage, the flow restrictor defining a second air passage that establishes the desired RTD, wherein a combined airflow cross-sectional area of the one or more air inlets is greater than an airflow cross-sectional area of the second air passage, the flow restrictor being made from a first material that is harder than a second material for the annular seal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30303
- Patent Class: 131.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14337872', '14199555', '14200963', '15855193', '14333271']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.726781622271761
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5734264939128436
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7114461094358693
- Mean Citation Score: 291.379864
- Max Citation Score: 468.42627000000016
- Similarity Product: 398.80702227529775

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

Dataset: test