PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15913050
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["426", "319000"]

Abstract:
A method for decontaminating articles having porous outer surfaces. The method includes providing a decontamination chamber; conveying the articles through the decontamination chamber at a predetermined speed wherein the speed is selected such that the articles are disposed in the decontamination chamber for a predetermined period of time; providing a source of sterliant vapor, the source providing the sterilant vapor at a temperature within a predetermined acceptable temperature range and at a concentration within a predetermined acceptable concentration range; conveying a sterilant vapor from the source of sterilant vapor to the decontamination chamber; and exposing the articles to the sterilant vapor. The predetermined period of time and the predetermined acceptable concentration range of the sterilant vapor are selected such that the sterilant vapor does not penetrate the porous outer surfaces of the articles.

Claim (Index 4):
A method as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said predetermined acceptable concentration range is between about 1.0\u00d710 \u22129  kg/L and about 0.01 kg/L.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.76471
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14923546', '13296766', '11741299', '14095146', '12892453']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.778189275404382
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5381711110336995
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7541874589673138
- Mean Citation Score: 297.462494
- Max Citation Score: 389.60114
- Similarity Product: 206.6568134934616

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

Dataset: test