PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16263807
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["198", "813000"]

Abstract:
A method is provided for removing slack in a chain conveyor driven between a first sprocket and a second sprocket, the first sprocket and the second sprocket rotating in a first direction. The method includes: locking the second sprocket to prevent rotation of the second sprocket in a second direction opposite the first direction; operating the first sprocket in the second direction to position a slack portion between the first sprocket and the second sprocket; and removing at least one chain link from the slack portion.

Claim (Index 2):
The conveyor system of  claim 1 , further comprising a first motor to rotate the first sprocket and a second motor to rotate the second sprocket, wherein the first sprocket and the second sprocket are both rotated in the first direction simultaneously to convey cut material from a mine face.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.3
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15618364', '14722118', '14707007', '14789964', '15913850']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7241753284517491
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5038434899571141
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7021421446022856
- Mean Citation Score: 227.304572
- Max Citation Score: 355.6334
- Similarity Product: 345.6881722849369

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

Dataset: test