PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977861
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["422", "504000"]

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and their methods of use, for generating droplets are provided. One or more geometric parameters of a microfluidic channel can be selected to generate droplets of a desired and predictable droplet size.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of producing droplets comprising:\n a) providing a device comprising:\n i) a first channel having a first proximal end, a first distal end, a first depth, and a first width, the first channel comprising particles and a first liquid; and \n ii) a droplet formation region in fluid communication with the first channel, wherein the droplet formation region is configured to allow the first liquid to expand in at least one dimension; and \n iii) a collection region configured to collect droplets formed in the droplet formation region and comprising the second liquid; \n wherein the first liquid is substantially immiscible with the second liquid; and \n b) allowing the first liquid to flow from the first channel to the droplet formation region to produce droplets of the first liquid and particles in the second liquid, wherein the device is capable of forming droplets without externally driving the second liquid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.25806
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15977805', '15977824', '09953103', '13249212', '13475879']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.784047712537066
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5595913993182552
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7616020812151849
- Mean Citation Score: 270.776054
- Max Citation Score: 371.66202
- Similarity Product: 314.0380466269362

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