PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879582
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["434", "034000"]

Abstract:
A thin film culture device for detecting yeast and mold microorganisms in a sample is provided. The culture device comprises a body comprising a self-supporting substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface; a first adhesive composition disposed on a portion of the first major surface of the substrate; a substantially dry, cold-water-soluble first hydrogel-forming composition adhered to the first adhesive composition; and a plurality of indicator agents. The plurality of indicator agents comprises three indicator agents for detecting distinct glycosidase enzyme activities, an indicator agent for detecting an alkyl esterase enzyme activity, and an indicator agent for detecting a phosphatase enzyme activity, wherein each of the plurality of indicator agents comprises a detectable reporter group. A method of using the culture device is also provided.

Claim (Index 1):
A culture device, comprising:\n a body comprising a self-supporting substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface; a first adhesive composition disposed on a portion of the first major surface of the substrate; a substantially dry, cold-water-soluble first hydrogel-forming composition adhered to the first adhesive composition; a cover sheet attached to the body member, wherein the cover sheet comprises a first major surface facing the body member; a second adhesive composition disposed on a portion of the first major surface of the cover sheet; a substantially dry, cold-water-soluble second hydrogel-forming composition adhered to the second adhesive composition; and a plurality of indicator agents, the plurality of indicator agents comprising:\n three indicator agents for detecting distinct glycosidase enzyme activities; \n an indicator agent for detecting an alkyl esterase enzyme activity; \n an indicator agent for detecting a phosphatase enzyme activity; \n wherein each of the plurality of indicator agents comprises a detectable reporter group; wherein at least one of the plurality of indicator agents is disposed in the first adhesive composition, the second adhesive composition, the first hydrogel-forming composition, and/or the second hydrogel-forming composition.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15385
- Patent Class: 434.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14813897', '13976064', '14956437', '15593598', '14368525']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3447476432852753
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5079668260432334
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3610695615610712
- Mean Citation Score: 229.391014
- Max Citation Score: 328.27588
- Similarity Product: 272.10509175139424

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

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