PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16164489
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["221", "001000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for dispensing ophthalmic lens packages comprises a first spool and a second spool rotatably mounted to a least one support. Each of a plurality of cartridges has a back wall, two side walls, and an attachment means to couple each cartridge to another cartridge. The back wall comprises at least two holes, and each side wall comprises a means for releasably holding a package. A plurality of cartridges attached to each other comprises a first end and a second end, with the first end attached to the first spool, and the second end attached to the second spool. When the first or second spool rotates, the plurality of cartridges coils around the first or second spool. A pushing means extends a pushing member through a hole, and a scanning means moves in response to an electrical or mechanical signal between said first spool and said second spool.

Claim (Index 5):
An apparatus for storing, and dispensing packages comprising:\n a first spool and a second spool,\n wherein said first spool and said second spool are rotatably mounted to a least one support, \n wherein said first spool rotates about a first axis with one degree of freedom and said second spool rotates about a second axis with one degree of freedom, \n wherein said first axis and second axis are spaced a distance apart and are substantially co-planar, and \n wherein the rotation of each of said spools can be independently or dependently controlled by one or more rotator means; \n a plurality of cartridges each of said cartridges comprising a back wall and two side walls,\n wherein each of said cartridges is sized to hold at least two packages laid end to end along its back wall, \n wherein each of said cartridges comprises a back wall, two side walls, and attachment means to couple each of said cartridges to another cartridge at the intersection of one side wall and the back wall of one cartridge to one side wall and the back wall of another cartridge, \n wherein said back wall comprises at least two holes, \n wherein said side walls are substantially parallel to each other and are attached substantially perpendicular to said back wall, \n wherein each of said side walls comprises a means for releasably holding the package in said cartridge, \n wherein said plurality of cartridges attached to each other by said attachment means comprises a first end, a second end, a width, and a height, \n wherein the first end is attached along its height to the first spool via an attachment means and the second end is attached along its height to the second spool via an attachment means, \n wherein said width is greater than the distance between said first and said second spool, along the base, and \n wherein when said second spool rotates, said plurality of cartridges coils around said second spool and when said first spool rotates, said plurality of cartridges coils around said first spool; \n a pushing means,\n wherein said pushing means moves in response to an electrical or mechanical signal, between said first spool and said second spool, and \n wherein said pushing means extends a pushing member through a hole in the back wall of the cartridge in response to an electrical or mechanical signal; \n a scanning means,\n wherein said scanning means moves in response to an electrical or mechanical signal between said first spool and said second spool.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34783
- Patent Class: 221.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16164440', '12639291', '10998543', '10999104', '09820704']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6981043960193861
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5381165179014755
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6821056082075951
- Mean Citation Score: 201.93589
- Max Citation Score: 347.4252
- Similarity Product: 264.4097244576932

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

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