PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15946808
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["211", "059200"]

Abstract:
A holding and dispensing device may conveniently store fasteners and permits a user to easily and quickly retrieve and dispense fasteners, such as staples, one at a time, without the risk of fasteners falling out of the device, or protruding in a manner that may harm the user. Embodiments may be especially suitable for a core of staples. The present disclosure further relates to methods of holding fasteners in a fastener holder and methods of dispensing fasteners.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of dispensing fasteners comprising:\n providing a front wall, a back wall, two opposing side walls, an open top wall, and a partially open bottom wall such that, when assembled, form an elongated housing having a height along a y-axis, a width along an x-axis, and a thickness along a z-axis; wherein the front wall and back wall are configured to extend along an x-y plane; wherein the two opposing side walls are configured to extend along a y-z plane; wherein the open top wall and the partially open bottom wall are configured to extend along an x-z plane; wherein a fastener rail extends the length of the elongated housing, the fastener rail being fixedly attached to an inside surface of the back wall and being shaped at a front to conform to the shape of the fasteners; wherein the front wall defines a dispensing slot at the bottom of the front wall; and wherein the fastener holder and dispenser comprises at least one magnet affixed to the partially open bottom wall; placing a fastener core through the open top wall into the elongated housing; and Inserting a user's finger into the partially open bottom wall and pulling a fastener out through the dispensing slot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64706
- Patent Class: 211.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11288738', '13422003', '14801502', '13421975', '10618332']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7864780531856075
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.489752981643657
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7568055460314125
- Mean Citation Score: 207.97531999999995
- Max Citation Score: 226.009
- Similarity Product: 150.4057934880257

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

Dataset: test