PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15986321
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["221", "092000"]

Abstract:
A compact vending machine for dispensing food products is disclosed. The compact vending machine includes a lightweight housing which may be mounted on a wall and a payment system that is configured to accept non-cash payments. A power source of the compact vending machine may be an external powers source, such as a power outlet, or an internal battery. An embodiment of the compact vending machine includes a controller and a communication system that are configured to transmit status information about the compact vending machine to a network.

Claim (Index 1):
A compact vending machine, comprising:\n a housing, comprising:\n a back wall comprising a mounting system configured to allow the housing to mount to a support structure; \n a first side wall attached to the back wall; \n a second sidewall attached to the back wall in a parallel orientation to the first side wall; \n a bottom wall attached to the back wall in a perpendicular orientation to the first and second side walls; and \n a front cover hingedly attached to the bottom wall, wherein the front cover is configured to swing in an outward manner with respect to the back wall; \n a product storage cartridge removably disposed in the housing so as to be accessible when the front cover is hinged open, wherein the product storage cartridge is configured to dispense a food product; a cartridge actuator disposed in the housing configured to dispense the food product from the product storage cartridge; a payment system disposed in the housing configured to accept non-cash payments from a user; a power source comprising a battery disposed in the housing configured to power the entire vending machine without relying on other power inputs; and an input device disposed on the front cover configured to accept a user input, wherein the cartridge actuator is fixed to the housing and is releasably coupled to the product storage cartridge when the product storage cartridge is disposed in the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70909
- Patent Class: 221.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15957370', '13830691', '15764357', '11335961', '12787040']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7422059265436317
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4807708167222581
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7160624155614943
- Mean Citation Score: 176.559148
- Max Citation Score: 188.66794
- Similarity Product: 143.27735936947585

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

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