PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036548
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["422", "070000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting analytes in a liquid sample may include an elongated primary channel through which an ionic species flows, the primary channel extending through a primary channel member, a first regenerant channel through which a regenerant flows, the first regenerant channel extending adjacent to the primary channel and being formed in a first block, a first charged barrier having exchangeable ions capable of passing ions of only one charge, positive or negative, and of blocking bulk liquid flow, the first charged barrier disposed between the primary channel member and the first block for separating the primary channel from the first regenerant channel, and a first sealing member disposed between the first charged barrier and the first block defining the first regenerant channel.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of suppressing an eluent, the method comprising:\n flowing the eluent into a chromatographic column, in which the eluent contains an ionic species; directing the eluent from the chromatographic column to a primary channel of a suppressor, the suppressor comprising:\n a primary channel member including the primary channel through which the eluent including the ionic species flows, the primary channel extending through the primary channel member; \n a first block disposed on a first side of the primary channel member and including a first flat surface that faces the primary channel, a first compartment is defined within the first flat surface; \n a first charged barrier having exchangeable ions capable of passing ions of only one charge, positive or negative, and of blocking bulk liquid flow, the first charged barrier disposed between the primary channel member and the first block; \n a first O-ring disposed within the first compartment and extending around a periphery of the first compartment, the first O-ring forming a seal with the first charged barrier in an assembled state of the suppressor and thereby defining a peripheral shape of a first regenerant channel between the first charged barrier and the first block, the first regenerant channel extending adjacent to the primary channel; \n wherein the first O-ring biases the first charged barrier against the primary channel member in the assembled state of the suppressor thereby forming an indirect seal with a first surface of the primary channel member, \n a second block disposed on a second side of the primary channel member and including a second flat surface that faces the primary channel, a second compartment is defined within the second flat surface; \n a second charged barrier having exchangeable ions capable of passing ions of only one charge, positive or negative, and of blocking bulk liquid flow, the second charged barrier disposed between the primary channel member and the second block; and \n a second O-ring disposed within the second compartment and extending around a periphery of the second compartment, the second O-ring forming a seal with the second charged barrier in the assembled state of the suppressor and thereby defining a peripheral shape of a second regenerant channel between the second charged barrier and the second block, the second regenerant channel extending adjacent to the primary channel, \n wherein the second O-ring biases the second charged barrier against the primary channel member in the assembled state of the suppressor thereby forming an indirect seal with a second surface of the primary channel member, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, the method further comprising: \n flowing a regenerant through the first regenerant channel and the second regenerant channel; suppressing the eluent in the primary channel by neutralizing the eluent into a weakly ionized form; and detecting the ionic species at a conductivity detector.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.375
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13674738', '14057864', '10179725', '12337435', '15959637']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7697823757000093
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5844634827740713
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7512504864074155
- Mean Citation Score: 308.8414620000001
- Max Citation Score: 541.88715
- Similarity Product: 424.9720049505741

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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