PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878527
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["356", "442000"]

Abstract:
A filter mask for use in a flow cytometer includes light blocking features and light passing apertures. The flow cytometer operates to evaluate one or more characteristics of a sample by illuminating the sample and a carrier fluid and collecting light rays that are radiated from the sample and the carrier fluid. The light rays are passed through the filter mask. The light blocking features of the filter mask are arranged to selectively block radiated light at certain radiation angles, while permit light rays having other radiation angles to pass therethrough. A sensor analyzer receives the light rays that pass through to evaluate at least one characteristic of the sample. The light rays can also be separated into two beams, which can be independently filtered using different filter masks. The results can then be compared to provide even more information regarding characteristics of the sample.

Claim (Index 35):
A flow cytometer comprising:\n a flow nozzle configured to provide a fluid along a flow path, the fluid including sample particles therein; a light source configured to generate a light beam directed toward the flow path, wherein when the light beam intersects with the flow path, light rays are radiated by the fluid and the particles at radiation angles; an optics system configured to receive the radiated light rays and to direct the light rays along an optical path, the optics assembly including at least a first filter mask, wherein the first filter mask is the filter mask of  claim 21 ; and a sensor analyzer arranged at an end of the optical path to collect and analyze light rays passing through the optics system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94937
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14776888', '13722550', '14954180', '13536625', '15431115']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6343988195810062
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5134026648701365
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6222992041099192
- Mean Citation Score: 177.80978000000005
- Max Citation Score: 303.2842
- Similarity Product: 256.43765315147635

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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