PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15755782
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["356", "036000"]

Abstract:
A ballast water monitoring device and a method for detecting live phytoplankton are disclosed. The device comprises a chamber for receiving a sample, at least one light source to emit light towards the sample, a light detector to receive light from the sample and generate a light signal, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the at least one light source to emit a single pulse of light, calculate the variable fluorescence [Fv] of the sample in response to the pulse of light, at time intervals less than the duration of the pulse of light, compare the calculated variable fluorescence to a predetermined reference limit, and perform an action if the calculated variable fluorescence is greater than the predetermined reference limit.

Claim (Index 31):
The method according to  claim 27 , wherein the pulse of light has a duration of greater than 200 \u03bcs, or greater than 300 \u03bcs, or between 300 \u03bcs and 500 \u03bcs, or between 350 \u03bcs and 450 \u03bcs, or between 390 \u03bcs and 410 \u03bcs, or about 400 \u03bcs; and the method comprising calculating the variable fluorescence by measuring the intensity of the generated light signal at intervals of between 0.1 \u03bcs and 10 \u03bcs, or between 0.2 and 8 \u03bcs, or between 0.5 and 5 \u03bcs, or between 0.8 and 3 \u03bcs.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07692
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12887948', '14442409', '14176474', '13513786', '11926196']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6833321482654782
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4667133510736788
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6616702685462983
- Mean Citation Score: 150.39562999999995
- Max Citation Score: 159.3048
- Similarity Product: 120.7523193394661

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

Dataset: test