PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15892863
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["073", "863230"]

Abstract:
Provided are devices and methods for sample collection and processing. A tubular body has a chamber closed at a first end by a thin penetrable barrier and open at a second end opposite the first end. The tubular body further includes a partition that divides the chamber into two adjacent compartments, wherein a first compartment of the two adjacent compartments has the partition facing opposite the open end of the chamber and a second compartment of the two adjacent compartments has the partition facing opposite the closed end of the chamber. The partition has one or more holes to allow passage of fluid from the first compartment into the second compartment. A tracking identification may be permanently affixed to the first end of the tubular body.

Claim (Index 6):
The method of  claim 5 , further comprising transporting the sample collection and processing device from a first station in the laboratory workflow process where the sample is collected into the first compartment, to one or more intermediate stations where liquid is added to the first compartment and is transferred to the second compartment, and then to a final station in the laboratory workflow process, where the portion of the liquid with the processed sample is withdrawn from the second compartment for analysis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27586
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10680599', '14736220', '15699980', '09620331', '14434316']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6643921956647494
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.486126144921352
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6465655905904096
- Mean Citation Score: 145.19593
- Max Citation Score: 150.17586
- Similarity Product: 95.39623912029504

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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