PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15759809
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["156", "378000"]

Abstract:
An improved print and apply device that receives a single data stream containing label printing/encoding data and positioning data. The single data stream may comprise data relating to the skew angle of the package. The print and apply device transmits label data to a printer/encoder portion of the system and positioning data to motors that move the system. Once the printer portion and the applicator portion have indicated they are ready, a signal is sent to apply the label. Supplemental motors can adjust the package in the X, Y, and/or Z directions until the skew angle is determined to be within an acceptable approach to zero. The label can be applied anywhere in the X, Y, and/or Z directions on a package.

Claim (Index 11):
A printer system, comprising:\n a print and apply device configured to print or encode a label and apply the label to a package, wherein the device has a printer/encoder portion and an applicator portion; a first motor to move the package in an X-direction; a second motor to move the package in a Y-direction; a third motor to move the package in a Z-direction; a first supplemental motor to rotate the package along the X-axis; a second supplemental motor to rotate the package along the Y-axis; a third supplemental motor to rotate the package along the Z-axis; a camera for determining if said package is within field of view; a sensor for detecting skew angle of said package; a controller coupled to the print and apply device and having a single interface configured to receive a single data stream comprising label data and positioning data from a single data stream; and a command parser configured to receive the single data stream and parse label data to the printer/encoder portion and positioning data to the applicator portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04615
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12396344', '10865015', '10825005', '10961420', '14043259']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8927718089106543
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5009542848433688
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8535900565039258
- Mean Citation Score: 211.64446000000004
- Max Citation Score: 291.42953
- Similarity Product: 253.27000204692249

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