PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15967360
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["700", "232000"]

Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a dispenser configured for storing one or more items and dispensing the stored items to authorized users. According to various embodiments, the dispenser generally includes a housing defining an interior portion dimensioned to receive a plurality of items and an access assembly configured to prevent unauthorized user access to the interior portion of the dispenser while providing selective access to certain items in response to input received from an authorized user. According to various embodiments, the access assembly comprises a pair of flexible barriers coupled to a sliding door assembly, which includes one or more lockable access doors. Together, the door assembly and flexible barriers prevent access to the interior of the dispenser when in a locked configuration and permit access to certain items when in an unlocked configuration.

Claim (Index 1):
A dispenser for storing a plurality of items and providing selective access to the stored items, the dispenser comprising:\n a housing defining at least one access opening and at least one interior portion defining:\n a plurality of item receptacles configured for storing one or more items, wherein the plurality of item receptacles are arranged in a grid defining item receptacle rows and item receptacle columns; and \n a plurality of door locking features each corresponding to at least one item receptacle column; and \n an access assembly comprising a door assembly laterally moveable across the access opening and configured for permitting selective access to items disposed in the plurality of item receptacles, the door assembly comprising a locking mechanism configured to selectably engage at least one of the plurality of locking features such that the door assembly is configurable between:\n a movable configuration in which the door assembly is free to move laterally across the access opening; and \n an immobile configuration in which the door assembly is locked in alignment with at least one of the item receptacle columns to permit user access to at least one item receptacle within the aligned item receptacle columns.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.1791
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15437274', '14961606', '14042612', '15332477', '13397196']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4633638114786011
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5155549997757968
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4685829303083207
- Mean Citation Score: 307.481128
- Max Citation Score: 355.90634
- Similarity Product: 348.72445169344184

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

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