PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16196787
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["436", "518000"]

Abstract:
Assay cassettes and testing devices that can be used to provide rapid, accurate, affordable, laboratory-quality testing at the point of care. Such assay cassettes and testing devices are designed to provide rapid, quantitative test results in a point-of-care setting or the like. Likewise, such assay cassettes and testing devices may eliminate or replace expensive, centralized clinical testing equipment and technical personnel. Such testing device may include automated data reporting and decision support. Methods for performing point of care diagnostic tests are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for detecting at least one analyte of interest in a sample, the method comprising:\n providing a lateral-flow chromatographic assay cassette that includes: a capture ligand, at least one reporter substance for visualizing the interaction of the analyte of interest and the capture ligand, and means for providing an at least a two-point calibration curve for quantification of the at least one analyte of interest; providing a testing device that includes data collection and data analysis capabilities the testing device including:\n a testing apparatus configured to interface with the lateral-flow chromatographic assay cassette and position the lateral-flow chromatographic assay cassette in proximity to a light source; \n the light source being capable of transmitting at least one wavelength of light configured to yield a detectable signal from the at least one reporter; and \n a detector is positioned to capture the detectable signal from the at least one reporter; \n applying a liquid sample to the lateral-flow chromatographic assay cassette, wherein the sample includes at least one analyte of interest; inserting the lateral-flow chromatographic assay cassette into the testing apparatus; illuminating the lateral-flow chromatographic assay cassette to yield a detectable signal from the at least one reporter substance; and querying an interpretive algorithm stored in a computer readable format and electronically coupled to the handheld device, wherein the interpretive algorithm is configured for (i) calculating a calibration curve and the (ii) converting the detectable signal from the at least one reporter to a numerical value related to the presence or amount of the at least one analyte present in a sample.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56667
- Patent Class: 436.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13862176', '14070276', '14654774', '11572568', '14692168']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7105739287950714
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5589629582071282
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6954128317362771
- Mean Citation Score: 326.8374740000001
- Max Citation Score: 468.32248
- Similarity Product: 406.8941952932119

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test