PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16095711
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["198", "657000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an auger dip apparatus for the application of antimicrobial solution to raw food. Embodiments of the present disclosure may use an auger as a single moving part to move the food work pieces through the application area for antimicrobial solution. Embodiments of the present disclosure are simple with only one moving auger part to move the food pieces, and the bearing for the moving part, supporting the shaft of the auger, may be configured to be outside of the cabinet with the reservoir of the antimicrobial solution, so that the bearing is not in contact with the antimicrobial solution. This provides for less maintenance and downtime, particularly unscheduled downtime, than a system using more complicated exposed parts. The present disclosure also permits a more compact and lighter configuration for an assembled application unit.

Claim (Index 3):
The apparatus in  claim 2 , wherein the application area comprises one of the group consisting of a reservoir of antimicrobial solution and spray of antimicrobial solution.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05479
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14846251', '15349789', '11354752', '15057803', '14965370']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7525297026110678
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4619291499401611
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7234696473439771
- Mean Citation Score: 133.14899599999998
- Max Citation Score: 141.33243000000004
- Similarity Product: 89.16004605010274

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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