PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16058578
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["700", "214000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for sorting or retrieving items to/from a plurality of destinations areas. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a track that guides the delivery vehicles to/from the destination areas, which are positioned along the track. Once at the appropriate destination area, an item is transferred between the delivery vehicle and the destination area.

Claim (Index 9):
A delivery vehicle operable with a material handling system having a plurality of storage locations within which totes are disposed, wherein the delivery vehicle comprises:\n an onboard motor for driving the vehicle to or from one of the storage locations, a drive element; and a transfer mechanism operative to transfer, onto the vehicle, a first tote disposed within a first storage location of the plurality of storage locations, the transfer mechanism comprising a displaceable element and a chain engageable with the drive element to drive the displaceable element in a first direction toward the first storage location and into engagement with the first tote prior to the transfer and to drive the displaceable element in a second direction away from the first storage location to thereby transfer the tote onto the vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65217
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15700663', '13859598', '15096433', '15784580', '15668380']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4653893575868675
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5197018136177692
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4708206031899577
- Mean Citation Score: 321.69124
- Max Citation Score: 356.43228
- Similarity Product: 275.96923330884937

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