PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16009481
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["239", "102200"]

Abstract:
A nebuliser cup for maintaining a safe level of liquid during nebulization, the cup comprising a liquid level sensor comprising: a first element sensing liquid at or below a position corresponding to a filled liquid level in the nebuliser cup; a second element electrically isolated from the first element and located at a position corresponding to a filled liquid level in the nebuliser cup; and wherein when the cup is not filled with a liquid to the filled liquid level, the first element, the liquid and the second element do not form an electrically coupled circuit; and when the cup is filled with a liquid to the filled to liquid level, the first element, the liquid and the second element together form an electrically coupled circuit.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of maintaining a liquid level in a nebuliser cup during operation, the method comprising:\n providing a first element sensing liquid at or below a position corresponding to a filled liquid level in a nebuliser cup; providing a second element electrically isolated from the first element to contact a liquid at a position corresponding to a filled liquid level in the nebuliser cup; providing sufficient liquid to the nebuliser cup to reach said fill level thereby to complete an electrically coupled circuit between the first element, the liquid and to the second element; and whereby a drop in the liquid level to below the fill level triggers a break in the circuit between the first element, the liquid and the second element; and whereby the break in the circuit triggers dispensation of further liquid in the nebuliser cup, wherein the nebuliser cup comprises a base, an upwardly extending wall, and an open top, whereby an aerosol can be generated directly from the liquid in the nebuliser cup wherein the open top is free of a cover, wherein the cover would prevent flow of the aerosol out of the open top; and wherein nebulization takes place on an intermittent basis and wherein sensing of the liquid levels is conducted when nebulization is off.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.89362
- Patent Class: 239.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13002003', '10833932', '14085924', '11997855', '15387133']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8137042362987522
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4600148672215096
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.778335299391028
- Mean Citation Score: 133.10305
- Max Citation Score: 149.4282
- Similarity Product: 106.09675312435628

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