PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16124715
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["422", "535000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing a biological sample is provided. The apparatus comprises a body having a processing chamber, a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a filter, a first one-way valve, a second one-way valve, a first fluid pathway, and a second fluid pathway. The first fluid pathway and the second fluid pathway pass through the filter. A method of processing a sample using the apparatus is also provided. The method comprises placing a sample comprising a liquid into the processing chamber; urging at least a portion of the liquid through the filter; after urging the at least a portion of the liquid through the filter, urging a portion of a back-flush liquid through the filter into the process chamber to form a first processed sample; and analyzing at least a portion of the first processed sample to detect an indication of a microorganism.

Claim (Index 28):
An apparatus, comprising:\n a body comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body comprising:\n a plurality of liquid-sample processing modules including a first module and a second module, wherein each module of the plurality of modules comprises:\n a processing chamber comprising an opening proximate the first end; \n a first reservoir disposed in selective fluid communication with the processing chamber via a first fluid pathway; \n a second reservoir disposed in selective fluid communication with the processing chamber via a second fluid pathway; \n a filter disposed in the body between at least a portion of the processing chamber and the second reservoir;\n wherein the first fluid pathway and the second fluid pathway pass through the filter; \n wherein the filter has a first surface oriented in the fluid pathways toward the processing chamber; \n \n a first one-way valve disposed in the first fluid pathway between the filter and the first reservoir, the first one-way valve providing selective fluid communication between the processing chamber and the first reservoir; and \n a second one-way valve disposed in the second fluid pathway between the filter and the second reservoir, the second one-way valve providing selective fluid communication between the processing chamber and the second reservoir; \n \n wherein the first module is coupled to the second module.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.0
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15100806', '13474873', '15521221', '14774149', '14405012']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7629751352128933
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5065006843068652
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7373276901222905
- Mean Citation Score: 202.70435200000003
- Max Citation Score: 325.70508
- Similarity Product: 312.11253774491786

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

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