PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944604
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["426", "129000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to improvements in or relating to the packaging of food  36  between a first plastic film  16  and a second plastic film  18  using a packaging apparatus  10 . A tray  24  is formed from the first plastic film  16 , the tray having a floor  33  with at least one channel  32 . An absorbent pad  34  is provided on the floor  33  of the tray  24 . A portion of food  36  is provided on the floor  33  of the tray  24 . The second plastic film  18  is placed on the tray  24  to sandwich the absorbent pad  34  and the portion of food  36  between the plastic films  16, 18 . The packaging apparatus  10  is operated to urge the two plastic films  16, 18  together and to create a seal therebetween. At least one duct  76  is formed between said at least one channel  32  and at least one of the second plastic film  18 , the absorbent pad  34 , and the portion of food  36.

Claim (Index 1):
A vacuum package containing a portion of food, the package comprising:\n a tray, a plastic film and an absorbent pad, the tray having a floor with at least one channel running in a transverse direction along the tray, and at least one channel running in a longitudinal direction along the tray, said channels intersecting each other so that they are in communication with each other, said channels being formed by a plurality of raised portions of the floor, said raised portions being provided as a row or a grid, the raised portions being discrete projections from the floor of the tray, each raised portion having an apex, the absorbent pad and the portion of food being provided on the floor of the tray so that they cover at least one of said channels, the absorbent pad having a smaller area than the portion of food so that it is concealed by the portion of food and so that the portion of food is in contact with the apex of the raised portions of the tray around a perimeter of the absorbent pad to grip the portion of food, the plastic film being vacuum formed onto the tray to urge the plastic film and the tray together and to sandwich the absorbent pad and the portion of food between the plastic film and the tray to create a seal therebetween, wherein a plurality of intersecting ducts are formed between said channels and each of the plastic film, the absorbent pad, and the portion of food to permit liquid to pass to the absorbent pad, wherein at least one of the tray and the plastic film has an adhesive thereon such that an adhesive bond is provided between the plastic film and each apex of the raised portions around the portion of food by said plastic film being vacuum formed onto the tray.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.84127
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11119674', '10427282', '10744965', '09933291', '10335583']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7269524297070814
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4958272718603418
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7038399139224074
- Mean Citation Score: 161.20130600000005
- Max Citation Score: 167.40833
- Similarity Product: 107.72799380099536

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

Dataset: test