PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16137265
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["414", "315000"]

Abstract:
A system enables management of dispensable units by supporting functions such as retrieval, scheduled distribution, analysis, and notifications. To this end, a dispensable retrieval mechanism may be programmed to carry out blind retrievals of dispensable units using a retrieval strategy with a predetermined sequence of retrieval attempts (e.g., fixed or varying two-dimensional retrieval patterns), which may be open loop or closed loop. Techniques may also include the identification of dispensable units through optical sensors and weight measurement devices that can detect, e.g., a texture, a shape, and a size of dispensable units. Such identification can be used to program retrieval attempts by a retrieval robot and in the formulation of the retrieval pattern. Additionally, networked notification systems for dispensable units can be used for updating rules or schedules related to the dispensable units, or alerting users and remote resources of any potential misuse or hazards of the dispensable units.

Claim (Index 15):
A method comprising:\n selectively applying a vacuum force to a hollow core defined by a tube, the hollow core in fluid communication with an opening defined by a nib disposed along an end portion of the tube and within a container of dispensable units; moving the opening within the container according to a sequence of retrieval attempts of the dispensable units, each retrieval attempt associated with a different two-dimensional pattern within a horizontal plane through the container; and for each retrieval attempt, offsetting a position of the opening within the horizontal plane by a distance greater than half of a cross-sectional width of the opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82609
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14819054', '14819154', '13948385', '14709946', '13081371']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8269085776219232
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5217630181617868
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7963940216759096
- Mean Citation Score: 181.6240052
- Max Citation Score: 350.116
- Similarity Product: 242.2099143023491

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

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