PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15877293
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["422", "063000"]

Abstract:
A test plate processing system for processing multiple test plates, comprising one or more software controlled processing devices, a liquid handler configured to place a predetermined amount of a test substance on the plate when the cover is in the first position, a software controlled test plate storage device having one or more test plate storage modules configured to house a plurality of test plates, and a software controlled test plate transport device configured to move one or more test plates to and from the test plate storage device. Each of the processing devices can have a working surface and a lifting mechanism configured to move a cover of the test plate between a first position and a second position relative to a plating surface of the test plate, wherein the cover is further away from the plating surface in the first position than in the second position.

Claim (Index 1):
A processing device for processing one or more test plates, comprising:\n a housing; a base member coupled with the housing, the base member having a working surface against which a test plate is operably positionable, a support member in communication with the housing and movable between a first position and a second position; and a suction element supported directly or indirectly by the support member; wherein:\n the processing device is configured to communicate a suction force through the suction element; \n the processing device is configured such that, when the support member is in the first position, an end portion of the suction element is positioned away from a working surface of the base member by a first distance, the first distance being in a direction that is normal to the working surface of the base member; \n the processing device is configured such that, when the support member is in the second position, the end portion of the suction element is positioned within a second distance away from the working surface of the base member, the second distance being in a direction that is normal to the working surface of the base member; and \n the second distance is significantly smaller than the first distance.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58333
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['09981313', '10558385', '15437157', '15709200', '15094227']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.776844592414504
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4671320370188657
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7458733368749402
- Mean Citation Score: 146.788076
- Max Citation Score: 153.02808000000005
- Similarity Product: 103.27460979223255

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

Dataset: test