PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16058578
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["700", "214000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for sorting or retrieving items to/from a plurality of destinations areas. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a track that guides the delivery vehicles to/from the destination areas, which are positioned along the track. Once at the appropriate destination area, an item is transferred between the delivery vehicle and the destination area.

Claim (Index 10):
The system of  claim 9 , wherein the displaceable element is a first displaceable element, and wherein the transfer mechanism further includes a second displaceable element, the chain being engageable with the second displaceable element to drive the second displaceable element in the second direction toward a second storage location and into engagement with a second tote.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65217
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15700663', '13859598', '15096433', '15784580', '15668380']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4955381741157011
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5229751897658006
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4982818756807111
- Mean Citation Score: 321.69124
- Max Citation Score: 356.43228
- Similarity Product: 246.8796179163837

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