PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15928215
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["422", "502000"]

Abstract:
A microfluidic device with reduced risk of bubble formation at a capillary junction between two conduits is provided. In some embodiments, the microfluidic device comprises a supply reservoir, a first conduit and a second conduit. The first conduit is configured such that liquid flows by capillary effect from the supply reservoir into the first conduit. The second conduit is connected to the first conduit through an opening in a wall of the first conduit and is configured such that liquid flows from the first conduit to the second conduit by capillary effect. A width of the second conduit, along a direction of liquid flow in the first conduit, is greater than a depth of the second conduit and a depth of the second conduit is less than a depth of the first conduit.

Claim (Index 7):
A device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a portion of the first conduit downstream of a junction between the first and second conduits has a transverse dimension greater than a depth of the first conduit upstream of the junction between the first and second conduits.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53571
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13638378', '13143070', '15626890', '14007257', '10671819']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7987212188830919
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4510581692557587
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7639549139203586
- Mean Citation Score: 157.85505
- Max Citation Score: 164.92444
- Similarity Product: 133.475581658144

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

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