PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16058663
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["073", "061550"]

Abstract:
A system for sampling a sample material includes a probe which can have an outer probe housing with an open end. A liquid supply conduit within the housing has an outlet positioned to deliver liquid to the open end of the housing. The liquid supply conduit can be connectable to a liquid supply for delivering liquid at a first volumetric flow rate to the open end of the housing. A liquid exhaust conduit within the housing is provided for removing liquid from the open end of the housing. A liquid exhaust system can be provided for removing liquid from the liquid exhaust conduit at a second volumetric flow rate. A droplet dispenser can dispense drops of a sample or a sample-containing solvent into the open end of the housing. A sensor and a processor can be provided to monitor and maintain a liquid dome present at the open end.

Claim (Index 10):
A system for sampling a sample material or droplets containing a sample, comprising:\n a probe comprising an outer probe housing having an open end; a liquid supply conduit within the housing and having an outlet positioned to deliver liquid to the open end of the housing, the liquid supply conduit being connected to a liquid supply for delivering liquid to the open end of the housing at a liquid supply flow rate, the probe also comprising a liquid exhaust conduit within the housing for removing liquid from the open end of the housing; a liquid exhaust system in fluid connection with the liquid exhaust conduit, the liquid exhaust system for removing liquid from the liquid exhaust conduit at a liquid exhaust flow rate; a sensor positioned proximate the open end that monitors a liquid dome present at the open end that is formed by a flow balance between the liquid supply flow rate and the liquid exhaust flow rate; a processor which receives a signal from the sensor and is configured to control the liquid supply flow rate and the liquid exhaust flow rate to maintain the height of the liquid dome; wherein during operation of the system, sample material or droplets containing a sample, are received at the open end into the liquid of the liquid dome and are drawn into and through the liquid exhaust conduit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.6
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15839453', '15474501', '14682837', '14682847', '13644941']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7469642568764838
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5758602587707531
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7298538570659108
- Mean Citation Score: 368.93902800000006
- Max Citation Score: 466.49094
- Similarity Product: 459.8306907177615

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