PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16504676
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-07
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["422", "569000"]

Abstract:
Covers for microwells, the covers comprising open portions to allow a pipette access to one or more wells and impermeable portions which prevent the liquids 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 and comprise alignment adjusting members for adjusting the alignment of the cover with a 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 11):
An automated laboratory apparatus for dispensing fluid into wells of a microplate through a microwell cover comprising a plurality of openings and a plurality of impermeable portions, said apparatus comprising:\n a fluid dispenser comprising at least one dispensing tip; a transfer mechanism for moving microwell covers relative to microplates; a programmable controller operatively linked to said transfer mechanism, said controller programmed with instructions causing said transfer mechanism to move a microwell cover comprising a plurality of openings relative to a microplate comprising a plurality of openings in order to reposition the microwell cover relative to the microplate from a first position wherein an opening of the cover is aligned with a first well to a second position wherein said opening of the cover is aligned with said second well, and wherein said controller is also programmed to cause said transfer mechanism to:\n move said dispensing tip to a position over an open portion; and \n dispense at least one liquid into at least one well by passing liquid through said open portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87209
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14455904', '13589869', '15646788', '15368564', '15842831']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8525346858947009
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5547600671448761
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8227572240197185
- Mean Citation Score: 443.08142
- Max Citation Score: 446.5718
- Similarity Product: 439.9703575708032

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

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