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 17):
A method comprising:\n receiving a first parcel at a first end of a transport surface, the transport surface configured to convey parcels along a transport path defined between the first end and a second end; acquiring, using a controller comprising one or more computer processors, first destination information associated with the first parcel; controlling, according to the first destination information, at least a first actuatable component arranged proximate to the transport surface to permit the first parcel to pass through an opening defined in the transport surface at a first elevation, wherein the first parcel is received in a routing manifold through an inlet registered with the opening; and controlling, according to the first destination information, at least a second actuatable component arranged in the routing manifold to permit individual parcels toward a selected outlet of a plurality of outlets of the routing manifold, wherein the second actuatable component comprises a tilting tray connected with a first actuator, wherein the plurality of outlets are disposed at one or more second elevations that are less than the first elevation, and wherein movement of the first parcel from the inlet to the selected outlet is gravity-assisted.

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): 0.5982272458805437
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4795379209491801
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5863583133874073
- Mean Citation Score: 137.22260799999998
- Max Citation Score: 142.92728
- Similarity Product: 97.2407290965414

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

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