PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15958760
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["356", "436000"]

Abstract:
Instruments, systems, and methods for measuring optical density of microbiological samples are provided. In particular, optical density instruments providing improved safety, efficiency, comfort, and convenience are provided. Such optical density instruments include a handheld portion and a base station. The optical density instruments may be used in systems and methods for measuring optical density of biological samples.

Claim (Index 2):
The instrument of  claim 1 , wherein the emitter is configured to emit a source light through a sample disposed in the first sample tube, and the at least one sensor is configured to detect a portion of the source light that is transmitted through the sample.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81081
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15958771', '10695030', '13774147', '12370331', '10695038']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.67401580694882
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4939702991782839
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6560112561717664
- Mean Citation Score: 166.24975
- Max Citation Score: 213.59671
- Similarity Product: 157.5590862774324

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

Dataset: test