PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16399740
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["435", "006110"]

Abstract:
An automated system is provided for performing slide processing operations on slides bearing biological samples. In one embodiment, the disclosed system includes a slide tray holding a plurality of slides in a substantially horizontal position and a workstation that receives the slide tray. In a particular embodiment, a workstation delivers a reagent to slide surfaces without substantial transfer of reagent (and reagent borne contaminants such as dislodged cells) from one slide to another. A method for automated processing of slides also is provided.

Claim (Index 12):
An automated method for processing microscope slides carrying specimens, the method comprising:\n robotically transporting a slide carrier to a stainer workstation of an enclosed slide processing apparatus, wherein the slide carrier holds a plurality of specimen-bearing microscope slides at a generally co-planar arrangement; individually delivering reagent streams onto upper surfaces of the plurality of specimen-bearing microscope slides in the stainer workstation; positioning the specimen-bearing microscope slides at one or more inclined positions to promote flow of the delivered reagent along and off the upper surfaces, thereby removing excess delivered reagent; and after the excess delivered reagent has been removed from the specimen-bearing microscope slides, robotically transporting the slide carrier holding the specimen-bearing microscope slides away from the stainer workstation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59649
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14082092', '11116676', '15351411', '11181625', '15179862']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.729611552920379
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.648372877893989
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7214876854177401
- Mean Citation Score: 548.861714
- Max Citation Score: 614.7007
- Similarity Product: 526.5816660946131

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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