PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15912114
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["221", "001000"]

Abstract:
A merchandise dispensing apparatus for deterring theft has at least one merchandise support module which includes a covering defining an interior space within the module. A support member and a dispensing member are mounted to the module, the dispensing member being mounted adjacent to the support member. A lockout device is also mounted to each module and connected to the dispensing member. The lockout device includes a housing with a user input member accessible from outside the housing. The user input member communicates with the dispensing member. A controller, which includes a memory and a processor, electrically communicates with the user input member. A sensor electrically communicates with the controller and senses the dispensing of an associated packaged item mounted on the support member. A signaling device electrically communicates with the controller to provide a notification upon the dispensing of the associated packaged item.

Claim (Index 33):
The method of  claim 32 , wherein the second merchandise support module includes a dispensing member configured to dispense the second packaged item from the second merchandise support module upon rotation of the dispensing member, and wherein the method further comprises inhibiting rotation of the second dispensing member if the first packaged item is dispensed from the first merchandise support module.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5
- Patent Class: 221.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14491490', '15096042', '09438602', '13795929', '11054097']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7473468925031235
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5256173508519262
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7251739383380037
- Mean Citation Score: 182.970696
- Max Citation Score: 259.3008
- Similarity Product: 138.9758816651344

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