PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15902985
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["222", "504000"]

Abstract:
A dispensing module includes a needle and an actuator housing defining an actuator cavity with an actuator disposed therein, a body cavity, and a needle passageway connecting the actuator cavity and the body cavity. A lower end of the needle defines a valve element, and an upper end of the needle is secured to the actuator. The dispensing module also includes a nozzle adapter releasably coupled to the actuator housing, where the nozzle adapter defines a seal seat, a fluid inlet, a fluid channel, and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid channel. The nozzle adapter is configured to be releasably coupled to the actuator housing using one or more fasteners, such that the needle extends into the fluid channel.

Claim (Index 1):
A dispensing module for dispensing a liquid, the dispensing module comprising:\n an actuator housing defining an actuator cavity, a body cavity, and a needle passageway connecting the actuator cavity and the body cavity; an actuator disposed within the actuator cavity; a needle defining an upper end and a lower end opposite the upper end in a longitudinal direction, the lower end defining a valve element, wherein the upper end of the needle is secured to the actuator such that the needle extends from the actuator cavity through the needle passageway; a nozzle adapter releasably coupled to the actuator housing, the nozzle adapter defining a seal seat, a fluid inlet, a fluid channel partially defined by a valve seat, and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid channel, the fluid channel extending from the seal seat to the fluid outlet, wherein the nozzle adapter is configured to be at least partially disposed within the body cavity when coupled to the actuator housing, such that the lower end of the needle extends into the fluid channel; and at least one seal configured to be received on the seal seat, wherein the at least one seal is configured to prevent flow of the liquid from the fluid channel of the nozzle adapter into the needle passageway of the actuator housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 74.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42105
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12574340', '11328378', '13009927', '14479906', '10271644']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7865122746839527
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4887770599834227
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7567387532138997
- Mean Citation Score: 256.78387999999995
- Max Citation Score: 276.3945
- Similarity Product: 235.23589047020675

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

Dataset: test