PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962263
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["705", "023000"]

Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to maintain an inventory of products within a product carrier. The product carrier utilizes a radio frequency (RF) blocking material and a RF reader disposed within an interior of the product carrier to identify products placed therein. The product carrier can further include an indicator on an exterior thereof to provide an indication regarding a status of the products within the product carrier.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for shelf check-out within a retail location, the method comprising:\n reading radio frequency identification (RFID) tags of products placed in an interior of a product carrier by a customer while shopping with a RFID tag reader, the interior of the product carrier being partially enclosed and at least partially bounded by a radio frequency blocking material, the product carrier configured to be movable by a customer; identifying the products with a control circuit based on data from the RFID tag reader; syncing with a user communication device with the control circuit to maintain an inventory of the products in the product carrier interior and receive payment data therefrom; operating an indicator disposed at least partially on an exterior of the product carrier with the control circuit to provide a first indication on the exterior of the product carrier in response to determining that there are products that have not been paid for within the product carrier interior; operating the indicator with the control circuit to provide a second indication on the exterior of the product carrier in response to determining that all products within the product carrier interior have been paid for.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61224
- Patent Class: 705.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15621284', '15812480', '15487728', '15882421', '13754713']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.1012724535580176
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4708714591900709
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.1382323541212229
- Mean Citation Score: 135.92798000000002
- Max Citation Score: 141.73994
- Similarity Product: 97.9898014986074

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

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