PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16133108
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["700", "232000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems are disclosed including a semi-automated propane canister distribution system for distributing and exchanging propane canisters, comprising a system controller; one or more cabinet system having a cabinet controller and a cabinet with a first compartment separated from a second compartment, the first compartment having a first door and the second compartment having a second door, the first door and the second door having an open position and a closed position with a locked state and an unlocked state; a detection device; a remote display; and a remote controller device in communication with the system controller and/or the cabinet controller.

Claim (Index 14):
A system for semi-automated distribution of one or more canister, comprising:\n a remote controller device; a remote display in communication with the remote controller device; one or more cabinet systems, each cabinet system comprising:\n a cabinet controller in communication with the remote controller device; \n a cabinet having a first compartment separated from a second compartment, the first compartment having a first door and the second compartment having a second door, the first door and the second door having an open position and a closed position with a locked state and an unlocked state; \n a human-machine interface in communication with the cabinet controller; \n a unit detection device monitoring removal of substantially full propane canisters from the cabinet and placement of substantially empty propane canisters in the cabinet, and transmitting signals to the cabinet controller indicative of the removal and the placement; and \n a system controller in communication with the cabinet systems, the remote controller device, and the remote display, the system controller having one or more non-transitory computer processor executing instructions that cause the processor to perform the following steps:\n receive a data element indicative of details of a purchase transaction from the remote controller device; \n receive signals from the human-machine interface indicative of entry of the data element indicative of details of the purchase transaction from a purchaser; \n transmit signals to the cabinet systems indicative of instructions to change the first and second doors between the locked state and the unlocked state; and \n receive signals from the cabinet systems indicative of a number of substantially full propane canisters removed from the cabinets of the cabinet systems and a number of empty propane canisters placed in the cabinets of the cabinet systems.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.29167
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15630701', '14104866', '10011173', '10007059', '12777330']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3699994960371711
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5690006467301305
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3898996111064671
- Mean Citation Score: 234.188114
- Max Citation Score: 448.17676
- Similarity Product: 434.0403939356089

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

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