PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944094
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["141", "329000"]

Abstract:
A septum is penetrable by a needle for decontamination by physical interaction. The septum can include a peripheral portion, an exterior surface], and an interior surface. A penetration portion extends between the exterior and interior surfaces, is spaced inwardly of the peripheral portion, and is penetrable by the needle or other penetrating element. A flex portion is located between the penetration portion and the peripheral portion. A thicker portion extends between the flex portion and the penetration portion, and defines an increased thickness between the exterior and interior surfaces relative to the flex portion. The flex portion is flexible inwardly relative to the peripheral portion during penetration of the penetration portion by a needle or other penetrating element. The penetration portion physically interacts with and decontaminates the needle when it penetrates the septum. The septum may also reduce or prevent retrograde contamination when the needle is withdrawn.

Claim (Index 15):
A septum as defined in  claim 2 , wherein the exterior surface is approximately convex-shaped and the interior surface at the increased thickness portion is approximately convex-shaped.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68333
- Patent Class: 141.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15267131', '14214890', '15434468', '14708196', '12894224']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8033455422410681
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5584407950074929
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7788550675177106
- Mean Citation Score: 294.69198
- Max Citation Score: 465.86087
- Similarity Product: 353.4867174037188

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

Dataset: test