PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16384970
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["356", "336000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for the collection of light scattered from a liquid sample contained within a multiwell plate for which evaporation from the wells is mitigated by the application of a barrier between the liquid sample and the environment. A vertical thermal gradient is applied across the vessel so that condensation is inhibited from forming on the interior surface of the barrier, thus permitting clear illumination of the sample for visual imaging, fluorescence studies and light scattering detection.

Claim (Index 8):
A method comprising:\n positioning a barrier above at least one well,\n wherein the at least one well is configured to contain a liquid sample, \n wherein a vessel comprises the at least on well, \n wherein the vessel is configured to be placed within a measurement chamber, \n wherein a light measurement apparatus comprises the measurement chamber, \n wherein the light measurement apparatus is configured to measure light from the liquid sample, \n wherein the barrier is configured to seal the at least one well from the measurement chamber; and \n positioning at least one heating element on an upper surface of the measurement chamber,\n wherein the at least one heating element is configured to create a temperature gradient between the sample and an internal surface of the barrier to prevent formation of condensation on the internal surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51786
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15727521', '15583899', '13871429', '14553867', '13492527']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7048795471518864
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5132183258414633
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6857134250208441
- Mean Citation Score: 233.16659
- Max Citation Score: 323.76718
- Similarity Product: 273.08361182845107

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

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