PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16192034
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["204", "451000"]

Abstract:
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward methods and apparatuses for interacting a first liquid and a second liquid in one or more fluidic channels of a capillary structure. The methods and apparatuses can include providing at least one capillary barrier that positions a meniscus of the first liquid at a fluid-interface region using capillary forces within the capillary structure. Additionally, a path is provided along one of the channels for the second liquid to flow toward the fluid-interface region. Additionally, gas pressure is released, via a gas-outflow port, from the fluid-interface region while flow of the first liquid is arrested. Further, the first liquid and the second liquid contact in the fluid-interface region with the capillary barrier holding the first liquid at the fluid-interface region.

Claim (Index 14):
The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the escape path is connected to a source of vacuum.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19048
- Patent Class: 204.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15853370', '16175500', '13988055', '14465345', '15400795']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7963668274551117
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5325109553079772
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7699812402403983
- Mean Citation Score: 238.866596
- Max Citation Score: 387.4643
- Similarity Product: 210.4853021792173

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

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