PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15989808
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["340", "573100"]

Abstract:
A hygiene compliance module is configured to be retrofit with a compatible dispenser to enable hygiene compliance monitoring functions. The hygiene compliance module is configured to be coupled to the dispenser via a communication interface to receive power, ground, and dispenser actuation signals therefrom. In addition, the hygiene compliance module is enabled to communicate with a wireless data tag that is worn by a user of the dispenser and with a remote hygiene compliance monitoring station.

Claim (Index 1):
A touch-free soap or sanitizer dispenser comprising:\n a dispenser housing; the dispenser housing having a base and a cover; an actuator located within the dispenser housing; a refill unit located within the dispenser housing;\n the refill unit including a container, a pump, and a soap or sanitizer; \n a power source located in the dispenser housing; a communication port; a dispenser controller; a signal conductor for providing a signal indicative of a dispenser actuation to communication port; and a compliance module configured to be located within the dispenser housing;\n the compliance module having\n a circuit board; \n a processor located on the circuit board; \n wireless communications circuitry located on the circuit board; \n a compliance module housing at least partially surrounding the circuit board; and \n a module connector for releasably connecting to the communication port for providing a signal indicative of a dispenser actuation to the processor; and \n \n wherein the wireless communication circuitry is configured to transmit a signal indicative of a dispenser actuation and to receive wireless communications from a data tag.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82222
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15494718', '15137487', '15138760', '15139641', '12941287']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.738076714768726
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5893918053856264
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.723208223830416
- Mean Citation Score: 469.678142
- Max Citation Score: 486.78848
- Similarity Product: 422.3477069322968

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

Dataset: test