PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16040681
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "572100"]

Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments for detecting product tampering include a processor in communication with a reader. A communication device, including a memory, an electronic circuit, and an antenna coupled to the electronic circuit, is coupled to a seal on product packaging. The electronic circuit is on a first portion of the seal and the antenna is on a second portion of the seal. The reader is configured to scan for a signal from the communication device. The processor is configured to detect tampering with the seal based on a lack of signal to the reader from the communication device. Tampering with the seal causes the antenna to disconnect from the electronic circuit rendering the communication device unreadable by the reader. The communication device is configured to write data in response to the antenna being disconnected from the electronic circuit. The processor is configured to read the tampering data in the memory.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for detecting product tampering, the method comprising:\n scanning, using a reader, for a signal from a communication device operatively coupled to a seal on product packaging, the communication device having a memory, an electronic circuit and an antenna coupled to the electronic circuit, and the communication device coupled to the seal such that the antenna of the communication device is on a first portion of the seal and the electronic circuit of the communication device is on a second portion of the seal; detecting, at a processor, tampering with the seal on the product packaging based on a lack of the signal to the reader from the communication device, wherein tampering with the seal causes the antenna to disconnect from the electronic circuit rendering the communication device unreadable by the reader; and reading, at the processor, tampering data from the communication device when tampering with the seal is detected, the tampering data being written to the memory of the communication device by the electronic circuit when the antenna is disconnected from the electronic circuit, the tampering data indicating at least a timestamp for when the antenna was disconnected from the electronic circuit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.92727
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13866727', '15222281', '14428310', '11414916', '15291029']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6554782461733935
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4924999921953141
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6391804207755856
- Mean Citation Score: 144.79675
- Max Citation Score: 153.01238999999995
- Similarity Product: 98.03472552871224

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

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