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 1):
A vending apparatus comprising:\n a) a reservoir for storing powder, having an opening for dispensing the powder; b) a mixer disposed within said reservoir; c) a motion generation device in mechanical communication with the mixer; and d) a controller for selecting a specific volume of the powder to be dispensed, the controller operable to selectively cause the motion generation device to rotate the mixer thereby mixing the powder and to cause the specific volume of powder to be dispensed though the opening.

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): 0.7334307138474397
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4351310016590639
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7036007426286022
- Mean Citation Score: 101.733457
- Max Citation Score: 105.9343
- Similarity Product: 85.13123584215641

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