PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16025919
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "539140"]

Abstract:
An RF signal is provided by a base such as a smart phone. A remote is engaged with a medication container. The remote includes an RFPM, RF signal receiver, LO signal generator, and IF signal emitter. An energizer on the remote provides power only as medication is dispensed. While energized, the RFPM modulates the RF signal with an LO signal to produce an IF signal. The existence of the IF signal (characteristic of the RFPM, RF signal, and LO signal) thus indicates medication has been dispensed. The IF signal is detected in the base, and registered (recorded, displayed, communicated, etc.) as an indication that medication has been dispensed. The remote may be configured as a label applied to or a sleeve engaged with an otherwise “non-smart” container. This provides authenticated data regarding medication adherence, transparent to the user and requiring no additional user actions to register the data.

Claim (Index 30):
An apparatus, comprising:\n RF modifying means for applying a frequency modification to an RF signal by frequency mixing an LO signal therewith so as to produce an IF signal; first RF receiving means for wirelessly receiving said RF signal; LO generating means for generating said LO signal; IF emitting means for wirelessly emitting said IF signal; energizing means for energizing said RF modifying means, said RF receiving means, said LO generating means, and said IF emitting means; initiating means for initiating said energizing means responsive to an action associated with dispensing a contents from a container; engaging means for engaging said RF modifying means, said RF receiving means, said LO generating means, said IF emitting means, said energizing means, and said initiating means with said container; RF provision means comprising at least one of:\n RF generating means for generating said RF signal, and RF emitting means for wirelessly emitting said RF signal; and \n second RF receiving means for wirelessly receiving said RF signal; \n IF receiving means for wirelessly receiving said IF signal; comparing means for comparing said IF signal to an IF standard; certifying means for certifying said IF signal as corresponding with an event associated with said contents of said container if said IF signal satisfies said IF standard; timing means for determining an event time of said event; registering means for registering said event, comprising at least one of:\n storing means for storing said event and said event time; \n communicating means for communicating said event and said event time; and \n outputting means for outputting said event and said event time; \n wherein said RF provision means, said IF receiving means, said comparing means, said certifying means, said timing means, and said registering means are distal from said container.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 74.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10843
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15885681', '10596691', '11431771', '14729773', '15238635']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6102668106987716
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5026054369644783
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5995006733253423
- Mean Citation Score: 155.99572199999997
- Max Citation Score: 182.91112
- Similarity Product: 121.93372918588165

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

Dataset: test