PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16120176
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["235", "462010"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for managing information relating to recycling activities are described. One embodiment described herein is directed to a method for accessing aggregated recycling information for use and/or display in connection with an account-based recycling program. The method comprises receiving first and second container information, the first container information concerning a plurality of first containers for a first recycling transaction and the second container information concerning a plurality of second containers for a second recycling transaction. The first and second container information is stored and associated account information concerning at least one consumer account. The method further comprises accessing, in response to receiving a query relating to a plurality of recycling transactions, information relating to at least the first and second containers so as to enable the use and/or display of aggregated recycling information.

Claim (Index 1):
A method, comprising:\n transporting a first bag associated with a first consumer, the first bag holding a first plurality of recyclable objects, and a second bag associated with a second consumer, the second bag holding a second plurality of recyclable objects, from a retail location recycling return center to a processing center; receiving, from a scanning device located at the processing center, a first set of information for the first bag representing a first recycling transaction, the first set of information including information about individual recyclable objects of the first plurality of recyclable objects; receiving, from the scanning device located at the processing center, a second set of information for the second bag representing a second recycling transaction, the second set of information including information about individual recyclable objects of the second plurality of recyclable objects; associating, in at least one memory, the first set of information, stored in the at least one memory, with a first consumer account associated with the first consumer and the second set of information, stored in the at least one memory, with a second consumer account associated with the second consumer; and in response to receiving a query relating to a plurality of recycling transactions from at least one input device, accessing in the at least one memory information relating to at least the first and second sets of information.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.46552
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13564307', '15582438', '13192899', '11042956', '11042479']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5506748982300742
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5454132995757586
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5501487383646426
- Mean Citation Score: 276.1228
- Max Citation Score: 409.45303
- Similarity Product: 402.91397089471815

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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