PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16504676
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-07
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["422", "569000"]

Abstract:
Covers for microwells, the covers comprising open portions to allow a pipette access to one or more wells and impermeable portions which prevent the liquids from getting into wells shielded by the impermeable portion. The open portions and impermeable portions are preferably arranged and sized to align with alternating rows of wells in a particular microplate. Preferred covers are movably positioned on the microplate and comprise alignment adjusting members for adjusting the alignment of the cover with a microplate. Automated dispensing apparatus for use with microplates and microwell covers comprises a programmable controller, and suitable interfaces which allow the apparatus to be programmed, and which control a dispensing head such that pipettes are moved in the desired manner in order to take advantage of the protective features of the microwell covers. The apparatus also preferably comprises at least one transfer mechanism for moving a cover relative to a microplate at a dispensing station.

Claim (Index 6):
A method for dispensing fluid into a microplate comprising the steps of:\n providing a microplate comprising a plurality of wells; providing a microwell cover comprising a first plurality of open portions configured to align with and be positioned above a corresponding plurality of rows of said wells and means for selectively adjusting the alignment of said cover with respect to a microplate while permitting said cover to move between different positions relative to a microplate; adjusting said alignment means; and dispensing a fluid into at least one well by passing a fluid through at least one open portion which is aligned with said well.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87209
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14455904', '13589869', '15646788', '15368564', '15842831']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8540792977233274
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5485811846097594
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8235294864119707
- Mean Citation Score: 443.08142
- Max Citation Score: 446.5718
- Similarity Product: 391.88472041890617

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

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