PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918658
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["204", "554000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are microfluidic devices and systems for the desalination of water. The devices and systems can include an electrode configured to generate an electric field gradient in proximity to an intersection formed by the divergence of two microfluidic channels from an inlet channel. Under an applied bias and in the presence of a pressure driven flow of saltwater, the electric field gradient can preferentially direct ions in saltwater into one of the diverging microfluidic channels, while desalted water flows into second diverging channel. Also provided are methods of using the devices and systems described herein to decrease the salinity of water.

Claim (Index 12):
A method of decreasing the salinity of water comprising\n (a) providing a flow of saltwater through the inlet channel of the device defined by  claim 1 ; (b) applying a potential bias to generate an electric field gradient that influences the flow of ions through the desalination unit of the device defined by  claim 1 ; and (c) collecting water from the dilute outlet channel of the device defined by  claim 1 ; wherein the water collected from the dilute outlet channel of the device defined by  claim 1  has a lower electrical conductivity than the saltwater.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72581
- Patent Class: 204.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14136541', '14857133', '15815803', '14344844', '15326279']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7319339034675657
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5875323370277593
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7174937468235851
- Mean Citation Score: 247.79987000000003
- Max Citation Score: 480.11792
- Similarity Product: 466.1735600420475

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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