PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974939
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["222", "402100"]

Abstract:
Bag-on-valve (“BOV”) systems adapted to dispense viscous liquids, particularly syrup, which ordinarily crystallize in the presence of atmospheric oxygen and thereby block the flow path from the bag to the exterior of the container. The present systems utilize a BOV flow path diameter effective to inhibit crystallization-based blockage. This facilitates storage of syrups at room temperature without needing refrigeration, and allows control over the dispensing amount through the use of a spray actuator. Methods for filling a BOV system with viscous product include a step to remove remnant product in the valve stem which may inhibit initial discharge. Such methods include exposure to a water source to dislodge and remove or dilute the remnant for evaporation or expulsion during initial discharge.

Claim (Index 9):
The method of  claim 8 , wherein said introducing a supply of water to said product remnant in said stem comprises disposing said filled bag-on-valve system in a water bath.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51136
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14750269', '14517826', '12768147', '15117821', '13963773']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.768414066309794
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4913519847139351
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7407078581502081
- Mean Citation Score: 148.677864
- Max Citation Score: 150.7848
- Similarity Product: 86.56907941589355

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

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