PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16163612
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["222", "386000"]

Abstract:
Implementations of an applicator syringe are provided. In some implementations, the applicator syringe may be configured to dispense a lubricant from a dispensing needle thereof. In some implementations, the applicator syringe may be configured so that the plunger shaft and the dispensing needle are removable when not in use. In some implementations, when the applicator syringe has been disassembled, the dispensing needle may be stored within the barrel of the applicator syringe and the plunger shaft secured about the exterior of the barrel. In some implementations, the applicator syringe may comprise a barrel having a finger flange, a plunger positioned within the interior chamber of the barrel, a plunger shaft configured to urge the plunger forward, a dispensing needle that can be removably secured to the front end of the barrel, a removable cap, and a barrel plug.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of using an applicator syringe to dispense a lubricant, the method comprising:\n providing an applicator syringe comprising: a barrel, the barrel comprises an interior chamber and a neck portion having a fluid channel therethrough; a plunger having a front side and a back side, the plunger is configured to be received within the interior chamber of the barrel in a sliding fluid-tight engagement with a cylindrical sidewall thereof; a plunger shaft, the plunger shaft is configured to be removably secured about the exterior of the barrel, the plunger shaft is also configured to be inserted into the interior chamber of the barrel through an opening in a back end thereof when removed from the exterior of the barrel, the plunger shaft is an elongated hollow cylindrical tube with a longitudinal slit that is made of a resilient material; and a dispensing needle secured to the neck portion of the barrel, the dispensing needle comprises a needle having a lumen that extends therethrough; wherein the lumen of the dispensing needle is in fluid communication with the interior chamber of the barrel while the dispensing needle is secured to the neck portion of the barrel; removing the plunger shaft from the exterior of the barrel; inserting the plunger shaft through the opening in the back end of the barrel to place it into operational contact with the back end of the plunger; and pressing the plunger shaft against the back side of the plunger, thereby moving the plunger towards a front end of the barrel to dispense a desired quantity of lubricant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.63793
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15642240', '13975190', '12921807', '12492524', '10397545']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7855777309960428
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4849162794219888
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7555115858386374
- Mean Citation Score: 251.004262
- Max Citation Score: 262.8395
- Similarity Product: 219.3340677095652

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

Dataset: test