PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15890485
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["193", "03100A"]

Abstract:
An infeed apparatus includes an item manipulator that orients items such as cases in a desired orientation as determined by a build menu, and a row build apparatus that is synchronized with the manipulator to space items pursuant to the build menu. The manipulator uses a pusher to push items across a friction belt to thereby orient the items, and includes sensors for determining when an item is in an incorrect orientation. The row build receives items from the pusher and is selectively advanced to locate items in a desired relative orientation so that rows of items are built correctly.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of assembling rows of items in a palletizer, each item having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the method comprising the steps of:\n a. orienting a first item in a predetermined rotational orientation; b. engaging the trailing edge of the first item with a pusher and aligning the first item so that the trailing edge of the first item is aligned with the pusher; c. delivering the first item to a row accumulator with the pusher; d. detecting the position of the pusher to thereby determine the position of the trailing edge of the first item; e. orienting a second item in a predetermined rotational orientation; f. engaging the trailing edge of the second item with the pusher and aligning the second item so that the trailing edge of the second item is aligned with the pusher; g. with the pusher, delivering the second item to the row accumulator in a desired position relative to the first item.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81034
- Patent Class: 193.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15609101', '13924575', '15261751', '12792935', '11497084']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6504912157956343
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.563276516583572
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.641769745874428
- Mean Citation Score: 342.589874
- Max Citation Score: 487.77557
- Similarity Product: 422.8990563131005

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

Dataset: test