PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16014867
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["156", "384000"]

Abstract:
A printer assembly ( 30 ) for applying labels ( 36 ) on produce P being transported on a conveyance system ( 24 ). The printer assembly receives labels ( 36 ) mounted on a substrate tape ( 34 ) from a label supply ( 32 ) and prints content on the labels pertaining to the produce being transported. An accumulator ( 42 ), together with the printer ( 40 ), are mounted on a chassis ( 60 ). The accumulator receives labels from the printer, temporarily stores a variable number of the printed labels and supplies the stored labels as needed to an applicator ( 44 ). The applicator removes the labels from the substrate tape and applies the labels on the produce as the produce is being transported by the conveyance system. The accumulator accommodates the difference in the operational speeds of the printer relative to the applicator.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for printing and applying label on produce being transported on a conveyance system, comprising:\n a. A label supply for supplying unprinted or partially printed labels mounted on a substrate tape; b. A printer for receiving the labels from the label supply and printing content on the labels pertaining to the produce being transported at an operational rate of a maximum specific number of labels per unit time; c. An accumulator receiving the printed labels from the printer; d. An applicator receives the labels from the accumulator, removes the labels from the substrate tape and applies the removed labels on the produce as the produce is being transported by the conveyance system at an operational rate of a maximum specific number of labels per unit time which is a different rate than the maximum rate that the printer can print content on labels; and e. Wherein the accumulator receives labels from the printer, temporarily stores a variable number of labels that have been printed by the printer and supplies the stored labels as needed to the applicator to compensate for the difference in the operational rates of the printer and the applicator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30435
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13798134', '10700142', '12256888', '15144318', '14043259']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8907646793338027
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4931125773671167
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8509994691371341
- Mean Citation Score: 186.044662
- Max Citation Score: 198.93341
- Similarity Product: 129.30339169759156

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