PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977875
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["435", "006100"]

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and their methods of use, for generating droplets are provided. One or more geometric parameters of a microfluidic channel can be selected to generate droplets of a desired and predictable droplet size.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of producing an analyte detection droplet, the method comprising:\n (a) providing a device comprising: (i) a plurality of particles in a liquid carrier, the particles comprising an analyte detection moiety; (ii) a sample liquid comprising an analyte; (iii) a particle channel; (iv) a sample channel that intersects with the particle channel; (v) a droplet formation region distal to the particle channel and the sample channel, wherein the droplet formation region is configured to allow the liquid carrier to expand in at least one dimension and comprises a step; and (vi) a droplet collection region; (b) allowing the particles in the liquid carrier to flow proximal-to-distal through the particle channel; and (c) allowing the sample liquid to flow proximal-to-distal through the sample channel, wherein the sample liquid combines with the particles in the liquid carrier to form an analyte detection liquid at the intersection, wherein the analyte detection liquid meets a partitioning liquid at the droplet formation region under droplet forming conditions, thereby forming a plurality of analyte detection droplets comprising one or more of the particles in the analyte detection liquid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.25806
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15977861', '15977805', '15977824', '09953103', '13249212']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6484612867261508
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5315102101885112
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6367661790723869
- Mean Citation Score: 312.415858
- Max Citation Score: 380.38614
- Similarity Product: 320.4506214088261

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

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