PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16104443
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["210", "143000"]

Abstract:
Valves, pumps, detectors, sample loops, fraction collectors and the like are individually incorporated into modules that are mountable at individual mounting sites on a base unit which also supports one or more chromatography columns. Each module includes fluid connections to other modules and a microcontroller joining the module to a computed and monitor through an electronic connector at each mounting site. The fluid connections between the modules and the column(s) are removed from the electronic connections and accessible to the user. A software platform may recognize the modules and their locations, coordinate fluid connections between the modules, and provide a variety of control, monitoring, data generating and data processing functions to generate chromatographic data. The software platform may also provide graphical tools for designing chromatographic methods from a library of phases.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for joining a plurality of fluid manipulation components into a flow scheme for directing fluids to and from a chromatographic separation device and for operating said joined fluid manipulation components according to a selected protocol, said system comprising:\n a plurality of modules, each said module comprising (a) one of said fluid manipulation components, and (b) a microcontroller that transmits operational signals to said fluid manipulation component in response to commands received from outside said module; a mounting frame comprising a plurality of bays, each of the plurality of bays constructed to receive a single module, and each of the plurality of bays comprising a signal connector that couples to and communicates with the microcontroller of a module mounted in said bay, wherein at least some of the bays are constructed to receive single modules interchangeably with other said modules; and a software platform in communication with the microcontroller of each module, said software being programmed to (1) receive from each of the plurality of modules information identifying a type of fluid manipulation component in said module, (2) recognize from the received information the types of the fluid manipulation components in the plurality of modules, (3) automatically map the plurality of fluid manipulation components to the flow scheme based on the received data, (4) provide to a user of the system visual indications where fluid connections to the plurality of modules are needed in order to implement said flow scheme using the plurality of modules, and (5) cause said fluid manipulation components, once joined, to direct fluids to and from said chromatographic separation device in accordance with said protocol.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.67045
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15071138', '16104545', '13591461', '14883329', '13675022']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7531642541654567
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4939121233860448
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7272390410875155
- Mean Citation Score: 230.801336
- Max Citation Score: 282.9698
- Similarity Product: 276.5892395256281

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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