PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15744963
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["422", "291000"]

Abstract:
A device for counting sterilization cycles during the sterilization of medical instruments and devices includes a counter for recording and reproducing a number of sterilization cycles, an actuation unit for sterilization parameter-dependent actuation of the counter, and a locking unit for sterilization parameter-dependent locking the counter. The actuation unit actuates the counter upon exceeding a first threshold sterilization parameter. The locking unit locks the counter after an actuation has been carried out and/or after exceeding a second threshold sterilization parameter, and unlocks the counter after not meeting a third threshold sterilization parameter.

Claim (Index 7):
The device according to  claim 6 , wherein the actuation unit comprises a stud/pin for actuating the counter, said passage being positioned so as to be in alignment with the stud/pin and allowing an actuation of the counter when the disc is in the first position and locks the stud/pin and prevents the counter from being activated when the disc is in the second position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17778
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12439607', '14254204', '14089134', '15621505', '14905847']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7882315803339419
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4752773323811262
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7569361555386604
- Mean Citation Score: 141.80233200000004
- Max Citation Score: 159.39023
- Similarity Product: 103.97795188221156

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

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