PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15745312
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["366", "091000"]

Abstract:
The occurrence of separation or reaggregation is suppressed in a suspension such as a battery electrode slurry. A battery electrode slurry distributing apparatus includes: a circulation pipe via which a positive electrode slurry is to be circulated; and a control unit that controls the supply of the positive electrode slurry to each of coaters. In a period in which either the coater is allowed to receive the supply of the positive electrode slurry, the control unit inhibits the supply of the positive electrode slurry to the other coater. The circulation pipe is structured in a polygonal loop. The coaters are connected to respective elbow portions formed in the circulation pipe via the pipes, respectively.

Claim (Index 35):
A battery electrode slurry processing method employed in the battery electrode slurry distributing method according to  claim 24 , comprising:\n a first step in which a first supply unit supplies a plurality of materials to be used to form the battery electrode slurry; a second step in which a first transfer unit transfers the plurality of materials supplied from the first supply unit; a third step in which a first kneading unit kneads the multiple materials transferred by the first transfer unit, and that continuously discharges the kneaded materials; a fourth step in which a second transfer unit transfers the materials discharged from the first kneading unit; a fifth step in which a circulation unit circulates the materials transferred by the second transfer unit; a sixth step in which a coating unit comprising a storage unit connected to the circulation unit so as to store a part of the materials circulated by the circulation unit, and configured to coat a battery sheet with the materials stored in the storage unit; and a seventh step in which a pressure-applying unit applies a pressure to at least one from among the materials transferred by the first transfer unit, the materials transferred by the second transfer unit, and the materials circulated by the circulation unit, wherein a closed space is defined by the first supply unit, the first transfer unit, the first kneading unit, the second transfer unit, the circulation unit, and the storage unit such that they communicate with each other, and wherein a space control unit is further provided so as to control the space such that a pressure of the space is reduced or otherwise such that the space is filled with an inert gas.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05
- Patent Class: 366.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14628863', '11146350', '11590369', '14682333', '13927462']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7651798721804626
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4892868685404757
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7375905718164639
- Mean Citation Score: 171.133992
- Max Citation Score: 180.25946
- Similarity Product: 104.17248853527543

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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