PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16012282
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["222", "236000"]

Abstract:
A chalk vending machine or apparatus and a method of vending chalk are provided. A reservoir is used to store the chalk. A feeder is used to transfer the chalk from the reservoir to the customer. A payment system allows the customer to pay for the product. A mixer is added to prevent the chalk from self-compacting. Motion transfer and generation devices are used to actuate the feeder. Accessories such as a door and a window for the reservoir and a chute and tray for the feeder are added to enhance the usability of the apparatus.

Claim (Index 18):
The apparatus of  claim 5 , further comprising motion transmission devices for transmitting motion from the motion generating device to the mixer and the feeder.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23913
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14971731', '13832552', '13521929', '15154914', '15758391']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7273041356098207
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4629104801510839
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.700864770063947
- Mean Citation Score: 101.733457
- Max Citation Score: 105.9343
- Similarity Product: 70.73639766164422

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