PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921411
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["118", "719000"]

Abstract:
A coating apparatus can be used to concurrently coat both sides of a substrate while assuring a VOC free atmosphere outside the equipment. The coating apparatus can be used in-line, where flat materials and substrates that are typically carried along a conveyer may enter the coating apparatus, usually without requiring the substrate to be moved into any other configuration. The coating apparatus may be configured to permit the user to perform any number of treatment steps while providing isolation between the steps. The substrate can be partially suspended by the coating apparatus to permit both sides to be treated at the same time. A vacuum system, including redundant perimeter negative pressure venting ducts, can create a vacuum perimeter wall around the moving, treated material to ensure a VOC free atmosphere outside the coating apparatus.

Claim (Index 1):
A coating apparatus comprising:\n a lower assembly comprising:\n an infeed belt configured to receive a substrate and direct the substrate to a treatment zone; \n a lower distribution plate having a substrate facing side facing the substrate when the substrate is positioned in the treatment zone; \n one or more lower coating distributors adapted to deliver a treatment to the substrate while the substrate passes though the treatment zone; and \n at least one lower assembly vacuum opening, formed through the lower distribution plate, providing a vacuum in a portion of the treatment zone, wherein \n the lower distribution plate is located vertically below a plane defined by the infeed belt and the substrate is suspended above the lower distribution plate as the substrate passes through the treatment zone; and \n an upper assembly comprising:\n an upper distribution plate having a substrate facing side facing the substrate and spaced a distance away from the substrate when the substrate is positioned in the treatment zone; \n one or more upper coating distributors adapted to deliver the treatment to the substrate while the substrate passes through the treatment zone; and \n at least one upper assembly vacuum opening, formed through the upper distribution plate, providing a vacuum in a portion of the treatment zone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82278
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12936387', '15134678', '15726213', '13747358', '12634113']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7906434090588951
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4957358414268356
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7611526522956891
- Mean Citation Score: 160.509102
- Max Citation Score: 177.77823
- Similarity Product: 107.56558123643876

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

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