PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16228672
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["222", "083000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments are directed to a puncture device that is adapted to puncture an array of beverage cans with a single actuation. A pivot arm rotates relative to a base that holds the array of beverage cans. The arm may include teeth that may be advanced or pushed into the array of beverage cans when the arm is rotated, thereby forming auxiliary openings in each of the cans. The punctured cans may be removed from the device and opened by a tab at a top end. This may create a vent that allows fluid to quickly expel from the auxiliary opening.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for producing auxiliary openings in an array of beverage cans, comprising:\n positioning the array of beverage cans in a cavity of a base, the positioning the array of beverage cans comprising:\n for each beverage can in the array of beverage cans, positioning a bottom end of the beverage can in a front locating feature of the base; and \n positioning a top end of the beverage can in a rear locating feature of the base, the top end of the beverage can positioned lower than the bottom end of the beverage can; \n manually rotating an arm relative to the base to drive a puncture tooth of an array of puncture teeth into a respective beverage can to produce an auxiliary opening located proximate to the bottom end of the respective beverage can.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.68254
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14515790', '15875328', '13902437', '13787012', '13315572']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.754375697664524
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4660400783406769
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7255421357321393
- Mean Citation Score: 166.27692199999996
- Max Citation Score: 194.472
- Similarity Product: 154.8606836872101

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

Dataset: test