PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16442545
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["422", "509000"]

Abstract:
Automated apparatus and methods for dispensing fluids into microplates utilizing microwell covers, the covers comprising open portions to allow a pipette access to one or more wells and impermeable portions which prevent the fluids from getting into wells shielded by the impermeable portion. The open portions and impermeable portions are preferably arranged and sized to align with alternating rows of wells in a particular microplate. Preferred covers are movably positioned on the microplate. Automated dispensing apparatus for use with microplates and microwell covers comprises a programmable controller, and suitable interfaces which allow the apparatus to be programmed, and which control a dispensing head such that pipettes are moved in the desired manner in order to take advantage of the protective features of the microwell covers. The apparatus also preferably comprises at least one transfer mechanism for moving a cover relative to a microplate at a dispensing station.

Claim (Index 7):
A method for dispensing fluid into a microplate comprising the steps of:\n providing a microplate comprising a plurality of wells; providing a microwell cover comprising:\n at least one impermeable portion configured to shield a first plurality of wells; and \n at least one open portion configured to be aligned above a second plurality of wells while permitting access to wells in the second plurality of wells; \n movably positioning said microwell cover on said microplate; aligning at least one of said at least one open portion with at least one first well in a first row; dispensing a fluid into at least one first well by passing said fluid through said at least one open portion; subsequently moving said microwell cover relative to said microplate so that said open portion is aligned with a different well; and subsequently dispensing at least one fluid into at least one second well by passing said fluid through an open portion of a said microwell cover, wherein said second well is different from said first well.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89024
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14455904', '15646788', '13589869', '15368564', '14243064']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8367079537475088
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5734448140864957
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8103816397814075
- Mean Citation Score: 447.271208
- Max Citation Score: 490.2159
- Similarity Product: 462.9293096399545

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

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