PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977824
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["422", "504000"]

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and their methods of use, for generating droplets are provided. One or more geometric parameters of a microfluidic channel can be selected to generate droplets of a desired and predictable droplet size.

Claim (Index 25):
A method of producing a microfluidic device comprising a surface modification comprising:\n (i) providing a primed microfluidic device comprising a channel in fluid communication with a droplet formation region having a primed surface, wherein the droplet formation region is configured to allow a liquid exiting the channel to expand in at least one dimension; and (ii) contacting the primed surface with a coating agent having affinity for the primed surface to produce a surface having a water contact angle, wherein the contact angle is greater than the water contact angle of the primed surface and greater than the water contact angle of the channel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 54.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.25806
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15977861', '15977805', '13249212', '13475879', '09953103']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8089984047132273
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5041721707988424
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7785157813217888
- Mean Citation Score: 274.98308
- Max Citation Score: 379.51657
- Similarity Product: 298.4412743010235

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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