PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16122835
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2020-03
Patent Classification: ["422", "503000"]

Abstract:
A specimen processing cartridge includes a reservoir having a fluid inlet, an elastic diaphragm, and a fluid outlet. The reservoir is operable to receive a volume of liquid from the fluid inlet, and the fluid outlet is positioned along a fluid flow path between the reservoir and a downstream reservoir. The cartridge includes a dissolvable membrane that occludes flow through the fluid outlet when the dissolvable membrane is in a first, undissolved state, and that permits flow from the reservoir to the downstream reservoir when in a second, dissolved state. The elastic diaphragm is operable to pressurize the reservoir upon receiving the volume of liquid when the dissolvable membrane is in the first, undissolved state, and is operable to contract and propel at least a portion of the volume of liquid from the reservoir to the downstream reservoir when the dissolvable membrane is in the second, dissolved state.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for implementing a diagnostic process comprising:\n delivering a volume of liquid to an intermediate reservoir of a diagnostic device via a fluid inlet, the diagnostic device comprising: the intermediate reservoir, an elastic diaphragm positioned within a boundary of the intermediate reservoir, a fluid outlet port positioned along a fluid flow path from the intermediate reservoir to a downstream reservoir, and a dissolvable membrane that occludes the fluid flow path when the dissolvable membrane is in a first, undissolved state, and that permits flow from the intermediate reservoir to the downstream reservoir when in a second, dissolved state; applying a positive pressure to the intermediate reservoir, thereby causing expansion of the elastic diaphragm when the dissolvable membrane is in the first, undissolved state; and exposing the dissolvable membrane to the volume of liquid, wherein the dissolvable membrane dissolves after a predetermined amount of time lapses following exposure to the volume of liquid, wherein the fluid inlet is positioned below the fluid outlet and dissolvable membrane when the specimen processing cartridge is in a first orientation, the first orientation opposing a wicking orientation. wherein the fluid inlet is positioned above the fluid outlet when the specimen delivery cartridge is placed in the wicking orientation, and wherein dissolution of the dissolvable membrane permits the elastic diaphragm to contract and propel at least a portion of the volume of liquid from the intermediate reservoir to the downstream reservoir.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.98148
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15418526', '14963003', '14745034', '15620543', '15169414']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7784784386883958
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4609578952875324
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7467263843483095
- Mean Citation Score: 165.20650600000005
- Max Citation Score: 193.37123
- Similarity Product: 153.66050357762458

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

Dataset: test