PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972696
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["222", "213000"]

Abstract:
A package is disclosed. The package includes at least one valve or closure device provided at an access opening of the package. A method of forming and dispensing contents from a flexible package is also disclosed. Seals can be selectively applied to seal the closure to the package, control pressure in the closure, and to define a product flow pathway to facilitate dispensing of product upon sufficient pressure by the user.

Claim (Index 1):
A package for holding and dispensing contents, comprising:\n a first panel portion; a second panel portion, wherein at least the first panel and the second panel define an internal cavity; a content access portion including a protruding closure device having a device width, the content access portion having at least two opposed seal portions defining a flow pathway therebetween narrower than the device width such that the contents can be selectively forced through the flow pathway upon application of pressure to a portion of the package; the at least two opposed seal portions including inward extending portions defining an inlet and an outlet to the flow pathway, the at least two opposed seal portions further defining an enlarged area of the flow pathway between the inlet and the outlet; and the protruding closure device being separated from the inward extending portions and being adjacent to the at least two opposed seal portions at a widest portion of the enlarged area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57143
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15145587', '15675606', '14175961', '12116726', '11268674']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7607744608628154
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4717949533025096
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7318765101067849
- Mean Citation Score: 189.153674
- Max Citation Score: 249.38525
- Similarity Product: 232.4593638270944

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

Dataset: test