PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875115
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["604", "201000"]

Abstract:
Drug delivery systems with reduced hold-up volumes are provided. The drug delivery systems include a cartridge configured to hold a liquid drug. A cartridge stopper is positioned in a first portion of the cartridge. A needle guide component is positioned within the cartridge stopper. A needle is positioned within a central opening of the needle guide. A plunger is positioned in a second portion of the cartridge. The plunger includes a fluid path pocket facing and aligned with the central opening of the needle guide component. The plunger is driven toward the cartridge stopper to expel the liquid drug from the cartridge through the needle. An end of the needle can be positioned within the fluid path pocket when the plunger is pushed against the cartridge stopper, ensuring that only a small volume of the liquid drug remains in the cartridge when delivery of the liquid drug is completed.

Claim (Index 8):
The drug delivery system of  claim 7 , wherein the needle guide component is configured to be fitted within the central cavity of the cartridge stopper.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52381
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15607169', '13984038', '15607182', '15674974', '10337413']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7977744627110244
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4792629771805319
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7659233141579752
- Mean Citation Score: 193.992656
- Max Citation Score: 200.46944
- Similarity Product: 143.72970743743898

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

Dataset: test