PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16285921
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["235", "488000"]

Abstract:
A tamper evident tag and a method of preventing the fraudulent return of an article back to a seller are provided. The tag includes inner and outer layers. A first end of a tag fastener is inserted through the article and through an aperture formed in the inner and outer layers of the tag. A unique code is printed on the tag. A portion of the inner layer of the tag is removed to expose an adhesive. The exposed adhesive is bought into contact with the inner layer of the tag to capture the first end of the tag fastener between the outer layer and the inner layer. The unique code is associated with the article for future reference.

Claim (Index 11):
The method of  claim 10  wherein the printed information includes a unique code and wherein the method comprises the additional steps of:\n embedding information on the unique code in a receipt provided to a customer after purchase of the article; and \n preventing the return of the article to the seller if the information on the unique code embedded in a receipt fails to match the unique code of the tamper evident tag.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33333
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15336331', '13750448', '12665581', '15008361', '14836233']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6101975571303055
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5337682671337893
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.602554628130654
- Mean Citation Score: 223.27651
- Max Citation Score: 415.36282
- Similarity Product: 275.31372284819247

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

Dataset: test