PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15993460
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["271", "018100"]

Abstract:
A method of separating blanks from a stack includes positioning a magnetic field generator in a fixed location proximate a peripheral edge of an upper portion of the stack, activating the magnetic field generator such that eddy currents are generated and result in a force vector in a direction away from a top-most blank of the stack, and pushing a blank, or multiple blanks, immediately below the top-most blank away from the top-most blank by the eddy currents.

Claim (Index 10):
An apparatus for separating blanks from a stack comprising:\n a fixed magnetic field generator; a jig configured to hold and translate the stack of blanks past the fixed magnetic generator such that a peripheral edge of an upper portion of the stack is continually positioned proximate the fixed magnetic field generator; and a position sensor for detecting a position of the jig, wherein eddy currents from the fixed magnetic field generator force an unwanted blank immediately below a top-most blank of the stack to be separated from the top-most blank of the stack and to fall with gravity after the top-most blank is lifted by an external device, and wherein the fixed magnetic field generator is disposed relative to the stack in a way such that the eddy currents separate the unwanted blank from the top-most blank before the top-most blank and the unwanted blank are completely separated from remaining blanks of the stack.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80435
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15364424', '15364563', '15364547', '15547755', '15786038']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7324512366391919
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4595044986683549
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7051565628421081
- Mean Citation Score: 171.691148
- Max Citation Score: 190.64285
- Similarity Product: 151.79263957131505

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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