PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15925525
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["239", "590500"]

Abstract:
An applicator head for a vacuum coating system includes a manifold shell having opposing shell plates, each including a conduit attachment coupled to a shell aperture. An applicator manifold is affixed to each shell plate. Each applicator manifold includes two coupled manifold plates, with one including a manifold aperture, and each is affixed to the respective shell plate so that each manifold aperture aligns with the respective shell aperture. An applicator channel is formed between the manifold plates of each applicator manifold, and the applicator channel is fluidically coupled to the manifold aperture of each respective applicator manifold. Each applicator channel forms an applicator port at a leading edge of each respective applicator manifold, and each leading edge is configured to be complementary in shape to an edge of a workpiece to be coated. First and second face plates are disposed over the leading edges of the applicator manifolds.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for coating a workpiece, the method comprising:\n conveying an edge of the workpiece past a leading side surface of an applicator head, the workpiece comprising a first major surface opposite a second major surface and the edge extending between the first and second major surfaces, the edge comprising a first surface that intersects a second surface and a third surface that intersects the second surface, and the leading side surface of the applicator head having a first portion and a second portion, a first applicator manifold having a first leading edge; a second applicator manifold having a second leading edge; a first face plate comprising a bottom edge; and a second face plate comprising a top edge; whereby each of the first and second face plates are disposed over the first and second leading edges of the first and second applicator manifolds; directing a liquid onto the edge of the workpiece using the applicator head; and removing excess liquid through a vacuum established around the applicator head; whereby a portion of the first face place overlaps with the first major surface of the workpiece in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first major surface of the workpiece, and a portion of the second face place overlaps with the second major surface of the workpiece in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first major surface of the workpiece, and a first application gap exists between the first surface of the edge and the first portion of the leading side surface and a second application gap exists between the third surface of the edge and the second portion of the leading side surface, wherein the first and second application gaps are not equal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58065
- Patent Class: 239.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14023095', '11982962', '14740363', '11049354', '10310747']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8019197960078719
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5130807801648719
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7730358944235719
- Mean Citation Score: 184.218464
- Max Citation Score: 340.358
- Similarity Product: 257.30506309270856

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

Dataset: test