PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971761
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["348", "079000"]

Abstract:
At least some embodiments of the technology are directed to an automated slide processing apparatus configured to apply at least one reagent to a specimen carried by a microscope slide. The slide processing station can include a support element with a support surface, at least one vacuum port, and a sealing member having a non-round shape. In an uncompressed state, the sealing member can extend upwardly beyond the support surface. In a compressed state, the sealing member can be configured to maintain an airtight seal with a backside of the microscope slide as the microscope slide is pulled against the support surface by a vacuum drawn via the at least one vacuum port.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 17 , wherein drawing the vacuum includes drawing a sufficient vacuum to form an airtight seal between the sealing member and the slide to inhibit at least one of translational or rotational movement of the slide relative to the support element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98361
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14737320', '14743675', '13831255', '15272331', '14542518']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7026418646170449
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5686178742660529
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6892394655819457
- Mean Citation Score: 357.50900200000007
- Max Citation Score: 527.3322
- Similarity Product: 342.06515328401315

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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