PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15942830
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["435", "034000"]

Abstract:
A unique system for the correlation between removed lymph nodes for lung cancer diagnosis and pathological analysis thereof is provided. Such a system includes the removal of certain lymph nodes from a suspected or known lung cancer patient with subsequent categorization thereof and placement within a properly divided and labeled specimen collection kit. Through the utilization of such a separation and placement allows and facilitates understanding and non-verbal communication between a surgeon and a pathologist in order to denote the location of the removed lymph nodes in relation to a known or suspected lung cancer tumor or growth. The overall diagnostic method, including the important communicative properties accorded both the particular surgeon and pathologist, is encompassed within this invention, as well as the specific collection specimen kit that permits the surgeon proper distinction of specific removal lymph nodes in relation to their location within the patient's body.

Claim (Index 21):
The collection kit of  claim 16  wherein said kit further includes a checklist for a pathologist.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80233
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13448091', '15596553', '12121865', '11624746', '13376984']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.591653231531712
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5458722619249321
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5870751345710341
- Mean Citation Score: 218.688774
- Max Citation Score: 425.8816
- Similarity Product: 279.3543489440918

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

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