PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16017750
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["134", "018000"]

Abstract:
The amount of consumption of a washing solution for a nozzle and the required time for washing are reduced. A nozzle washing apparatus usable for collection of a specimen comprises a washing tank which accommodates a nozzle, a first discharge port which discharges a washing solution supplied into the washing tank from an upper portion of the washing tank, a second discharge port which discharges the washing solution supplied into the washing tank from a position lower than the first discharge port of the washing tank, a detector which detects a range of contact of an outer wall of the nozzle with the specimen, and a controller which discharges the washing solution supplied into the washing tank from one of the first discharge port and the second discharge port on the basis of a detection result obtained by the detector.

Claim (Index 4):
The nozzle washing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the second discharge port if the range of contact of the outer wall of the nozzle with the specimen is not more than a predetermined range, or the controller is further configured to select the first discharge port if the range of contact is more than the predetermined range.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.65455
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15113288', '15111006', '14279151', '14384417', '13123674']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8356923603138159
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4968177145868774
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8018048957411221
- Mean Citation Score: 172.16827600000005
- Max Citation Score: 181.645
- Similarity Product: 111.0544198089838

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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