PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16283332
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["211", "059200"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and system for dispensing large amounts of cylindrical food containers or cans. The apparatus includes at least two support frames joined together through a series of connector pieces. Additional support frames may be added to the apparatus to create a modular system of dispensers that are customizable according to user discretion. The apparatus and system may be disposed directly on the traverses of a shelving unit so that large number of can dispensers may be accommodated within a relatively small volume or storage space. Each can dispenser may accommodate multiple cans which are orientated so that as each can is removed from the dispenser, a subsequent can will roll forward and take its place.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for accommodating and dispensing a plurality of cans comprising:\n at least one shelving unit, wherein the shelving unit comprises a plurality of horizontal traverses coupled between a plurality of vertical uprights; and a plurality of can dispensers, wherein each of the plurality of can dispensers comprises an upper ramp and a lower ramp, wherein the plurality of can dispensers are coupled together and form at least one dispensing shelf, and wherein the upper ramp of each can dispenser comprises an upper shelf support, the upper shelf support configured to engage with at least one of the plurality of horizontal traverses.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5443
- Patent Class: 211.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16282925', '15359376', '15067943', '13655585', '14766070']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7937251379725544
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5022516422394424
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7645777883992433
- Mean Citation Score: 224.438976
- Max Citation Score: 311.71573
- Similarity Product: 260.9848292455894

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

Dataset: test