PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947576
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["435", "287700"]

Abstract:
A hydrogel is dried by a critical point drying technique. The hydrogel may include indicator molecules embedded therein and may be part of a hydrogel-based device, such as, for example, an analyte sensor.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of preparing a hydrogel for a hydrogel-based analyte sensor configured for sensing the presence of an analyte in contact with the analyte sensor, the method comprising:\n applying the hydrogel to all or part of a surface of a sensor housing of the analyte sensor, wherein the hydrogel comprises indicator molecules that are configured to emit a detectable signal or a change in a detectable signal indicating the presence of the analyte; applying a protective catalyst to the hydrogel, wherein applying the protective catalyst to the hydrogel comprises sputtering the protective catalyst on the hydrogel; and using a critical point drying technique to dry the hydrogel, which (i) comprises the indicator molecules, (ii) has been applied to all or part of the surface of the sensor housing, and (iii) to which the protective catalyst has been applied.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.1875
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14489728', '14782812', '14073661', '12043469', '14546534']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5082313660899184
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5182019865775142
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.509228428138678
- Mean Citation Score: 177.177212
- Max Citation Score: 329.4206
- Similarity Product: 326.9112865454435

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

Dataset: test