PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16180893
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["198", "347400"]

Abstract:
An automated method and system for distributing prescription vials from upstream locations of a pharmacy to various downstream destinations using a stacked configuration of outbound lanes so that vials will enter the first outbound lane that is not blocked. The distribution table of the present invention has a lower portion having outbound lanes and an upper portion having outbound lanes and where the table is adapted to move vials in a loop pattern around the lower and upper portions.

Claim (Index 30):
The vial conveying and distributing system of  claim 29 , further comprising:\n a second inbound conveyor lane for moving vials onto the conveyor table; a second set of outbound lanes for moving vials from the conveyor table to another downstream location; a first intermediate conveyor sandwiched between the top and lower portions of the table for moving vials from the lower portion of the table to the top portion of the table; and wherein the second set of outbound lanes is comprised of a plurality of outbound lanes, each of the plurality of outbound lanes having an opening and wherein the openings of the plurality of outbound lanes are configured in a stacked configuration so vials moving on the table will enter the first outbound lane that is open, and wherein each of the plurality of outbound lanes are separated from another outbound lane by a wall.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15455544', '15915780', '15455632', '15455579', '15817451']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7869908635975816
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5534218053073693
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7636339577685604
- Mean Citation Score: 411.530856
- Max Citation Score: 496.5941
- Similarity Product: 384.8439584411741

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

Dataset: test