PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918813
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["118", "712000"]

Abstract:
A machine for making sanitary articles including an impermeable outer layer and an absorbent pad superposed thereon, the machine including a feed line feeding the outer web and a unit forming the absorbent pad. The forming unit includes a first feeder feeding a first web along an operating direction, a second feeder feeding a second web, a coupling station coupling the first web to the second web, a dosing/depositing station located upstream of the coupling station where a distributed quantity of absorbent material is placed on the first web. The dosing/depositing station includes an apparatus for distributing particulate material with a tank containing particulate material, a feed mechanism feeding the material and a downstream distribution mechanism receiving the material to distribute the material on a drum or conveyor. The distribution mechanism includes a diffuser and a vibrating device to shake the diffuser.

Claim (Index 22):
The machine according to  claim 16 , wherein it comprises weight measuring means associated with the tank and configured to measure the weight thereof at predetermined intervals in order to make available a signal representing the consumption of the particulate material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28788
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15556796', '14784403', '13201796', '14009926', '15569048']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8203667001124892
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5189541112120055
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7902254412224409
- Mean Citation Score: 217.29879
- Max Citation Score: 307.2532
- Similarity Product: 202.491115436554

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

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