PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15935783
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["118", "400000"]

Abstract:
A coating system and related method for coating a part. The coating system having a process tank filled with a fluid coating material to a fluid coating level and an inert gas blanket formed above the fluid coating level. The coating system also having a process tank conveyor to support a part to be coated. The process tank conveyor having a submerge section which transfers the part through the inert gas blanket and below the fluid coating level, a coating residence section which maintains the part submerged below the fluid coating level for a coating period, a coating removal section which raises the part above the fluid coating level but below the inert gas blanket level, and an inert gas blanket residence section which maintains the part within the inert gas blanket level but above the fluid coating level for a drying period.

Claim (Index 1):
A coating system, the coating system comprising a process tank, a coating material supply, an inert gas supply, and a process tank conveyor, wherein:\n the process tank comprises an inlet and an outlet; the coating material supply is in fluid communication with the process tank, the coating material supply being configured to deliver fluid coating material to a fluid coating level within the process tank; the inert gas supply is in fluid communication with the process tank, the inert gas supply being configured to deliver inert gas to form an inert gas blanket above the fluid coating level but below the inlet and outlet; the process tank conveyor defines a tank conveyor path extending at least between the inlet and the outlet in the process tank, the process tank conveyor being configured to support a part to be coated; and the process tank conveyor comprises:\n a submerge section adjacent the inlet, wherein the submerge section comprises a portion of the tank conveyor path configured to transfer the part through and below the inert gas blanket and subsequently below a fluid coating level such that the part is submerged below the fluid coating level during coating; \n a coating residence section adjacent and downstream of the submerge section, wherein the coating residence section comprises a portion of the tank conveyor path configured to maintain the part submerged below the fluid coating level for a coating period; \n a coating removal section adjacent and downstream of the coating residence section, wherein the coating removal section comprises a portion of the tank conveyor path configured to raise the part above the fluid coating level but below the inert gas blanket level; and \n an inert gas blanket residence section adjacent and downstream of the coating removal section, wherein the inert gas blanket residence section comprises a portion of the tank conveyor path configured to maintain the part within the inert gas blanket level but above the fluid coating level for a drying period.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.125
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14258494', '12897595', '11158221', '13421346', '14287975']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7840674924803083
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5461821951795253
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.76027896275023
- Mean Citation Score: 197.588058
- Max Citation Score: 410.49902
- Similarity Product: 326.664513566643

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

Dataset: test