PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15960362
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["222", "464400"]

Abstract:
A keg positioning system is provided having a flexible portion of an internal spear for beverages dispensed from the internal cavity of a beverage keg. The flexible portion enables use of the keg in both a vertical or horizontal orientations, with minimal waste of the beverage. A frame may also be employed to provide for vertical stacking of multiple kegs above a support floor space sized for the lowest frame in the stack.

Claim (Index 1):
A spear for a beverage keg, comprising:\n an elongated spear having a first end connected in a sealed engagement with a bung hole in a first endwall of a beverage keg; said spear extending from said first end to a distal end; a portion of said spear extending from said distal end of said spear toward said first end, being formed of flexible tubing; said spear having an elongated configuration having said flexible tubing substantially aligned with a center axis of said beverage keg while said beverage keg is in a vertical disposition supported upon a second endwall of said beverage keg, opposite said first endwall; said spear having a curved configuration with said flexible tubing formed to a curve extending toward a sidewall of said beverage keg which extends between said first end and said second endwall of said beverage keg, with said beverage keg supported on an exterior of said sidewall in a horizontal disposition; said curve in said flexible tubing positioning the distal end of said spear adjacent to or in a contact with an interior surface of said sidewall, whereby said distal end of said spear is positioned below a surface of a beverage fluid held in said beverage keg whether said beverage keg is in said vertical disposition or said horizontal disposition.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48077
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15504654', '15128920', '15532088', '15416399', '12375120']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7809069574374942
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4832452328578968
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7511407849795344
- Mean Citation Score: 231.155048
- Max Citation Score: 243.32408
- Similarity Product: 189.8728623592854

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