PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15748967
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["066", "104000"]

Abstract:
A loop-forming process includes moving a plurality of system components ( 11, 12 ) relatively to a needle bed ( 14 ). The system components ( 11, 12 ) contact threads ( 23 ) for forming loops. At least one spacer ( 10 ) is placed between at least two adjacent system components ( 11, 12 ) of the plurality of system components ( 11, 12 ) and defines the distance ( 21 ) between the two adjacent system components ( 11, 12 ), the spacer ( 10 ) being in mechanical contact to the two adjacent system components ( 11, 12 ). The spacer ( 10 ) is placed away from and does not contact threads and is moved with respect to the needle bed ( 14 ). The spacer ( 10 ) is also moved with respect to both of the two adjacent system components ( 11, 12 ) at least for a period of time during the loop forming process. An equivalent device is also disclosed and claimed.

Claim (Index 10):
Loop-forming process according to  claim 1  further comprising:\n the two adjacent system components performing ( 11 ,  12 ) movements with regard to the needle bed ( 14 ) which movements comprise phases ( 60 ) in which the two adjacent system components ( 11 ,  12 ) have no acceleration with regard to each other, \n and at least temporarily accelerating the at least one spacer  10  which is placed between the two adjacent system components is with regard to the two adjacent system components ( 11 ,  12 ) during at least one of the phases ( 60 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.84615
- Patent Class: 66.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10566251', '11700759', '13236313', '10516258', '15301556']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6749835005089726
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4785703454682797
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6553421850049034
- Mean Citation Score: 183.152416
- Max Citation Score: 193.82542
- Similarity Product: 106.47363199282408

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

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