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 14):
The device according to  claim 4 , wherein the cylinder comprises a cylinder housing in which the piston is received to be axially positionable, and in which the disc is rotatably received, with the counter being received at an end side on or in the cylinder housing.

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): 0.7925045172590619
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4510877170165033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7583628372348061
- Mean Citation Score: 141.80233200000004
- Max Citation Score: 159.39023
- Similarity Product: 127.46188129245876

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

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