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 29):
A vial conveying and distributing system for distributing vials, comprising:\n a conveyor table comprised of a lower portion and a top portion, wherein the lower portion is comprised of at least one conveyor and the top portion is comprised of at least one conveyor, wherein the at least one conveyor of the lower portion moves in the opposite direction as the at least one conveyor of the top portion; a first inbound conveyor lane for moving vials onto the conveyor table; a first set of outbound lanes for moving vials from the conveyor table to a downstream location; and wherein the first 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): 0.7844269013673257
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5622388985428955
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7622081010848827
- Mean Citation Score: 411.530856
- Max Citation Score: 496.5941
- Similarity Product: 430.6599092374921

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test