PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15749125
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["435", "288700"]

Abstract:
A method and a system for detection of presence or absence of analytes in fluids, the method comprising the steps of: a) contacting a fluid sample and a plurality of nanoparticles, the nanoparticles being functionalized with a selective ligand, the contact of the fluid sample with the nanoparticles being under conditions such that, the nanoparticles aggregate selectively on surface of their target analyte, forming a nanoparticle-analyte complex, the aggregation promoting the concentration of the nanoparticles on the surface of the target analyte; b) subjecting a fluid mixture of the fluid sample and the plurality of nanoparticles to SERS; c) measuring at least a SERS signal associated with the fluid mixture; d) spectrally analysing the at least one SERS signal of step c); e) recognizing at least one defined SERS spectrum of the nanoparticle-analyte complex, through a SERS signal enhanced by the at least one narrow inter-nanoparticle gap.

Claim (Index 7):
A method for detection of presence or absence of analytes in fluids according to  claim 1 , wherein the analyte is one of: eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, including circulating tumoral cells, pathogenic and no pathogenic microorganism as fungi, protozoa, algae, rotifers, bacteria and archaea, viruses, nucleic acids, peptide nucleic acids, antigens, peptides and proteins or the combination thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.18421
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13217616', '12597742', '13564698', '15665095', '13872778']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6762865282321924
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5228091018867579
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.660938785597649
- Mean Citation Score: 331.767876
- Max Citation Score: 335.6538
- Similarity Product: 227.16253346822265

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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