PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16049283
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["193", "00200R"]

Abstract:
Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.

Claim (Index 3):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein allowing the door of the waste chute device to be opened comprises transmitting an instruction to an electronic lock that is connected to the hardware processor of the waste chute device, wherein the instruction causes the electronic lock to unlock the door of the waste chute device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.0
- Patent Class: 193.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15685208', '12035305', '11836595', '15403693', '15387063']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6224658968686416
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4753813668863079
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6077574438704083
- Mean Citation Score: 162.66132199999996
- Max Citation Score: 186.46892
- Similarity Product: 125.10126249376296

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

Dataset: test