PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16012282
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["222", "236000"]

Abstract:
A chalk vending machine or apparatus and a method of vending chalk are provided. A reservoir is used to store the chalk. A feeder is used to transfer the chalk from the reservoir to the customer. A payment system allows the customer to pay for the product. A mixer is added to prevent the chalk from self-compacting. Motion transfer and generation devices are used to actuate the feeder. Accessories such as a door and a window for the reservoir and a chute and tray for the feeder are added to enhance the usability of the apparatus.

Claim (Index 4):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a payment system coupled to the controller for receiving payment corresponding to the specific volume selected, the controller causing the specific volume of powder to be dispensed in response to the payment system receiving the payment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23913
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14971731', '13832552', '13521929', '15154914', '15758391']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7276513709161746
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4613387218473199
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7010201060092891
- Mean Citation Score: 101.733457
- Max Citation Score: 105.9343
- Similarity Product: 71.54682850662469

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