PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023779
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["422", "072000"]

Abstract:
Provided herein are fluid handling tubes having a cap that includes a sealing member having interior grooves and panels. Also provided herein are fluid handling tubes having a cap that includes (i) a sealing member having a concave surface at a distal region, and (ii) a flat proximal surface. Provided also are fluid handling tubes having a cap that includes an engagement member at an edge of the cap, where the engagement member includes a surface having curvature and a taper. Also provided herein are fluid handling tubes that include a cap comprising a tube sealing member, an anterior engagement member, and one or more channels (e.g., one or more furrows or grooves) between the sealing member and the engagement member that function as a hinge or pivot. Also provided are fluid handling tubes that include (i) a cap having a sealing member that includes an annular protrusion, and (ii) a tube body having an interior surface that includes an annular recess, where the annular recess in the tube body is configured to receive the annular protrusion of the tubular sealing member of the cap.

Claim (Index 15):
The tube of  claim 11 , wherein the operator engagement surface comprises a proximal terminus and a distal terminus and the operator engagement surface tapers from the proximal terminus to the distal terminus.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 68.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.13636
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15885662', '16023794', '11929057', '09800264', '10115330']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8136961124968526
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5958456462653577
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7919110658737032
- Mean Citation Score: 330.7668280000001
- Max Citation Score: 537.0088
- Similarity Product: 475.293817415142

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

Dataset: test