PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16392870
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["436", "079000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for detecting a chemical substance. The methods and systems include chemically modifying a sample of a substance of interest through combination with a reagent to increase the volatility of the substance of interest. The systems and methods further include performing an analysis of the substance of interest.

Claim (Index 9):
A method for detecting a substance of interest, the method comprising:\n collecting a sample of a substantially non-volatile substance of interest on a sampling trap; introducing the trap including the substance of interest into a device, wherein the device includes a substantially closed housing and a reservoir including a vaporized reagent; depositing the reagent on the trap, wherein the reagent increases the volatility of the substance of interest, wherein the vaporized reagent is deposited on the trap from the reservoir; introducing the trap including the substance of interest into a thermal desorber; vaporizing the substance of interest; transferring the vaporized substance of interest from the thermal desorber into a detector; performing an analysis of the substance of interest; and, detecting the substance of interest.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84375
- Patent Class: 436.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15599711', '15064203', '15599612', '15064264', '15087251']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7941062381426301
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6432955852137061
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7790251728497377
- Mean Citation Score: 583.9456600000002
- Max Citation Score: 643.3452
- Similarity Product: 624.8559646576881

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

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