PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921523
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["004", "638000"]

Abstract:
A sink unit with hand drying assembly including a casement having a top element, a front and a back, a basin having a rim, carried by the casement with the rim adjacent the top element. A faucet is carried by the casement intermediate the basin and the back. a nozzle fixture is carried by the top proximate the rim and includes a housing having a nozzle, and a base with an aperture formed therethrough. An anchor post extends downwardly from the base to a position below the top element. The anchor post defines an air passage therethrough, the air passage aligned with and coupled in communication with the aperture. A fastener engages the anchor post, securing the nozzle fixture to the top element adjacent the basin. A channel element defines a channel coupling the aperture to the nozzle.

Claim (Index 1):
A nozzle fixture for use in association with a sink unit having a basin with a front edge and a back edge, the basin carried by a top element, and a faucet positioned adjacent the back edge of the basin, the nozzle fixture comprising:\n a housing having a nozzle, and a base with an aperture formed therethrough; an anchor post extending downwardly from the base and aligned with the aperture, the anchor post defining an air passage therethrough coupled in communication with the aperture formed through the base; a fastener engaging the anchor post for securing the nozzle fixture to the top element adjacent the front edge of the basin; a channel element carried by the base, the channel element defining a channel coupling the aperture to the nozzle; a pressurized air source supplying pressurized air to the nozzle through the anchor post; and a regulator regulating the flow of pressurized air to the nozzle to provide high velocity, low volume air; wherein by employing high velocity, low volume air, and adjusting the direction thereof rearwardly toward the faucet, optimum air velocity and volume are achieved at a drying region positioned above the nozzle and intermediate the nozzle and the faucet, forward of and separate from a hand washing area under the faucet, the pressurized air is at a sufficiently high velocity and low volume to dissipate outside the drying region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55932
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14995022', '14118117', '14407925', '14407924', '14407930']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7906195636525973
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5030690051003878
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7618645077973765
- Mean Citation Score: 212.43001000000004
- Max Citation Score: 224.86382000000003
- Similarity Product: 141.8064105950546

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