PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16260241
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["600", "569000"]

Abstract:
A cervical tissue sample device for extracting cells from the cervix. A cervical tissue sample device includes a plunger slidably disposed along a longitudinal axis within a barrel. The plunger has a first end with a seal thereon and a second end which includes a plunger flange. A plurality of bristles extends longitudinally from the seal of the plunger. The barrel has a first end with an opening thereon such that the plurality of bristles is exposed therethrough when the plunger is depressed. An outer shroud is disposed about a perimeter of the first end of the plunger and configured to encapsulate the plurality of bristles therein when the plurality of bristles is disposed within the barrel. In this way, a user is able to collect a cervical tissue sample without utilizing a medical professional to extract the cells from the cervix.

Claim (Index 4):
The cervical tissue sample device of  claim 1 , wherein the outer shroud comprises a flexible planar member affixed to the plunger at a center thereof, such that a perimeter of the outer shroud is forced closed by the barrel when the plunger is retracted.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.20588
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14220782', '14350992', '15115898', '13763587', '13994888']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4190089855407091
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4768934520771039
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4247974321943485
- Mean Citation Score: 132.26297
- Max Citation Score: 134.88867
- Similarity Product: 89.96071644201994

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