PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15960509
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "467000"]

Abstract:
A microfluidic-based sensor, comprising: a semiconductor body, having a first and a second side opposite to one another in a direction; a buried channel, extending within the semiconductor body; a structural layer, of dielectric or insulating material, formed over the first side of the semiconductor body at least partially suspended above the buried channel; and a first thermocouple element, including a first strip, of a first electrical conductive material, and a second strip, of a second electrical conductive material different from the first electrical conductive material, electrically coupled to the first strip. The first thermocouple element is buried in the structural layer and partially extends over the buried channel at a first location. A corresponding manufacturing method is disclosed.

Claim (Index 11):
The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n forming a second temperature sensing element located in the structural layer and partially over the buried channel at a second location which is different from the first location; forming a heater in the structural layer at a third location between the first and the second location; coupling a control circuit to the first temperature sensing element and the second temperature sensing element; acquiring, by the control circuit, a first and a second sensing signal generated by the first and the second temperature sensing element, respectively; and computing, by the control circuit, a flow rate of the fluid flowing between the first location and the second location based on the first and the second sensing signals.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30508
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14308470', '12645267', '13466662', '15276617', '11633976']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9037412893480572
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5055889891187453
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8639260593251261
- Mean Citation Score: 169.90209399999995
- Max Citation Score: 292.25778
- Similarity Product: 241.2570587425089

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

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