PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16299947
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["700", "236000"]

Abstract:
Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for modular vending systems utilizing reloadable product dispensing modules, including, but not limited to, vertical product dispensing modules comprising a vertical conveyor and a mounting structure for releasably engaging with module holder structures of modular vending machines, and a central controller device for communicating with a plurality of modular vending machines.

Claim (Index 1):
A modular vending machine system comprising:\n a modular vending machine comprising:\n a module holding structure for removably securing a respective product dispensing module to hang vertically within the modular vending machine, \n a drive assembly configured to operatively couple with a respective product dispensing module for dispensing products from the product dispensing module, and \n a vending machine controller configured to control dispensing of products from at least one product dispensing module; \n and the at least one product dispensing module comprising:\n a mounting structure configured to be removably engaged with the module holding structure of the modular vending machine, \n a conveyor comprising a plurality of product supporting positions, and \n a coupler connected to the conveyor, the coupler being configured for coupling with the drive assembly of the modular vending machine for operating the conveyor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59524
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15451400', '14516565', '14516563', '13228320', '12806862']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4091121617769898
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4943577432692578
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4176367199262166
- Mean Citation Score: 219.56699
- Max Citation Score: 278.36795
- Similarity Product: 266.1827352888167

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