PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15867131
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["607", "045000"]

Abstract:
This invention provides an apparatus for electrically stimulating a cell and a method for using the same. In particular, the apparatus of the invention comprises an array of electrodes and a controller for actuating individual electrodes.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 12 , wherein said controller is further configured to actuate:\n a third electrode to produce a guiding electric field, wherein said third electrode comprises at least one other electrode; and a fourth electrode as a counter electrode having an opposite polarity relative to said third electrode, wherein said fourth electrode comprises at least one of yet another electrode, wherein said guiding electric field increases the strength of said transverse cell stimulating electric field to the cell relative to the strength of said transverse cell stimulating electric field in the absence of said guiding electric field.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14424966', '11911472', '15019969', '15387531', '15669208']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6487512556492436
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5702234443357284
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6408984745178921
- Mean Citation Score: 259.6149300000001
- Max Citation Score: 513.0119599999998
- Similarity Product: 376.9664684968685

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

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