PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16404186
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["198", "805000"]

Abstract:
Present embodiments include a linear drive transport system. The system includes a plurality of fixed tracks and a junction track disposed on a conveyor configured to align the junction track with each of the plurality of fixed tracks. The plurality of fixed tracks and the junction track include one of electromagnetic coils or permanent magnets arranged in series along the respective plurality of fixed tracks and the junction track. Further, present embodiments include a plurality of movers configured to move along the fixed tracks and configured to transition between each of the plurality of fixed tracks and the junction track when aligned, wherein the movers comprise the other of the electromagnetic coils or the permanent magnets.

Claim (Index 17):
A linear drive transport system, comprising:\n a plurality of fixed tracks substantially aligned within a plane; a plurality of junction tracks disposed on a conveyor configured to align the junction tracks with each of the plurality of fixed tracks, wherein the plurality of fixed tracks and the junction tracks comprise one of electromagnetic coils or permanent magnets arranged along the respective plurality of fixed tracks and the junction tracks, and wherein the conveyor comprises a linear drive configured to move the junction tracks along a path to the plurality of fixed tracks and to align with at least one additional fixed track arranged outside of alignment with the plurality of fixed tracks; and a plurality of movers configured to move along the fixed tracks and configured to transition between each of the plurality of fixed tracks and the junction tracks when aligned, wherein the movers comprise the other of the electromagnetic coils or the permanent magnets; a sensor disposed at a respective fixed track of the plurality of fixed tracks, and wherein the sensor is configured to identify a respective mover that traverses the respective fixed track of the plurality of fixed tracks; wherein the junction tracks are configured to receive a mover of the plurality of movers from a first fixed track of the plurality of fixed tracks and to impel the mover onto a second fixed track of the plurality of fixed tracks after being repositioned into alignment with the second fixed track by the conveyor; and wherein the conveyor is configured to align the plurality of junction tracks with the plurality of fixed tracks in combinations or individually; and wherein the junction tracks and the conveyor are positioned between the plurality of fixed tracks and one or more additional fixed tracks, wherein the conveyor is configured to align the junction tracks with the one or more additional fixed tracks to facilitate transition of one of the plurality of movers between the junction tracks and the one or more additional fixed tracks.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15456231', '14563687', '15961565', '15720353', '15701578']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.738558637191528
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5650707032703188
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7212098437994071
- Mean Citation Score: 383.145118
- Max Citation Score: 484.80795
- Similarity Product: 440.1039559389532

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

Dataset: test