PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16236175
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["435", "287200"]

Abstract:
A fluorescence detection apparatus for analyzing samples located in a plurality of wells in a thermal cycler and methods of use are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a support structure attachable to the thermal cycler and a detection module movably mountable on the support structure. The detection module includes one or more channels, each having an excitation light generator and an emission light detector both disposed within the detection module. When the support structure is attached to the thermal cycler and the detection module is mounted on the support structure, the detection module is movable so as to be positioned in optical communication with different ones of the plurality of wells. The detection module is removable from the support structure to allow easy replacement.

Claim (Index 1):
A thermal cycler apparatus comprising:\n a housing; a sample unit within the housing, the sample unit having a plurality of sample wells therein; an electronic temperature control subsystem operable to regulate a temperature of the sample unit such that the sample wells are held at a succession of specific temperatures for specific lengths of time to complete a reaction cycle; a lid heater positionable over the sample unit, the lid heater having a plurality of openings therein to permit optical communication with the plurality of sample wells; a support structure disposed within the housing; a shuttle movably mounted on the support structure; and a detection module attached to the shuttle, the detection module including:\n a detection module housing having an opening orientable toward the plurality of sample wells; and \n at least one excitation/detection pair disposed within the detection module housing, wherein each excitation/detection pair includes an LED light source and an emission light detector, \n wherein during operation of the electronic temperature control subsystem, the shuttle is movable to position the detection module in optical communication with different ones of the plurality of sample wells through the openings in the lid heater.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 65.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94203
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15717103', '11555642', '12827521', '10431708', '14361826']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7627760862188908
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5641918123791928
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7429176588349211
- Mean Citation Score: 405.835024
- Max Citation Score: 460.74542
- Similarity Product: 401.0988663586068

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