PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15965066
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["209", "552000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for sorting parcels is described comprising a transport surface configured to convey parcels between a first end and a second end thereof. An opening defined in the transport surface is dimensioned to receive one or more of the parcels therethrough. The transport surface comprises a plurality of surface segments having a selected geometry and surface characteristics for controlling speeds of the parcels as they are conveyed. The apparatus further comprises a routing manifold having a chute having an inlet registered with the opening, a plurality of outlets coupled to the inlet, and a first diverter system comprising one or more diverters disposed in the routing manifold and operable to selectively direct the received parcels toward any outlet of the plurality of outlets. The one or more diverters may be responsive to destination information associated with the individual parcels.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for sorting parcels, the apparatus comprising:\n a slide defining a transport surface configured to convey parcels from an upstream point of the slide to a downstream point of the slide, the slide further defining an opening in the transport surface that is dimensioned to receive one or more of the parcels therethrough; at least one door disposed in the slide, the door being selectively positionable between at least:\n a first position in which the door closes the opening and forms at least a portion of the transport surface, and \n a second position in which the door opens the opening to allow the one or more parcels therethrough, wherein the door comprises:\n a first door section defining a first subportion of the portion of the transport surface, the first subportion having a first coefficient of friction; and \n a second door section defining a second subportion of the portion of the transport surface, the second subportion having a different, second coefficient of friction; and \n \n a routing manifold disposed below the opening and comprising:\n a diverter system comprising one or more diverters actuatable to direct individual parcels toward a selected outlet of a plurality of outlets.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96
- Patent Class: 209.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13102413', '15253473', '10776653', '14562882', '14130186']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6015943033164659
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4665544244669672
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.588090315431516
- Mean Citation Score: 137.22260799999998
- Max Citation Score: 142.92728
- Similarity Product: 107.70294455939292

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

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