PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16399740
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["435", "006110"]

Abstract:
An automated system is provided for performing slide processing operations on slides bearing biological samples. In one embodiment, the disclosed system includes a slide tray holding a plurality of slides in a substantially horizontal position and a workstation that receives the slide tray. In a particular embodiment, a workstation delivers a reagent to slide surfaces without substantial transfer of reagent (and reagent borne contaminants such as dislodged cells) from one slide to another. A method for automated processing of slides also is provided.

Claim (Index 18):
A slide processing apparatus for automatically treating biological specimens, comprising:\n workstations that receive and hold a plurality of slides, the workstations are configured to concurrently perform slide processing operations on the plurality of slides; a transporter configured to move the slides into and out of the workstations; a fluidics module in fluid communication with the workstations, the fluidics module supplies a reagent to one or more of the workstations; a pneumatics module in fluid communication with both of the one or more workstations and the fluidics module, wherein the pneumatics module supplies vacuum and/or pressurized gas to both of the one or more workstations and the fluidics module; and at least one control module in electrical communication with the transporter, the one or more workstations, the fluidics module and the pneumatics module, wherein the at least one control module coordinates function of components of the apparatus during treatment of biological specimens on the respective slides.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59649
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14082092', '11116676', '15351411', '11181625', '15179862']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7298138447511899
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.647751708747629
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7216076311508339
- Mean Citation Score: 548.861714
- Max Citation Score: 614.7007
- Similarity Product: 524.3626606770993

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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