PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15989926
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["356", "400000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a sample processing apparatus comprising a holder for a microtiter plate comprising a plurality of microwells, optical measurement unit for measuring optical responses of samples dosed to the microwells, and a computing unit configured to analyze the optical responses in order to detect dosing failures in said plurality of microwells, and if a dosing failure has been detected in one or more of the microwells, to communicate the existence of the dosing failure to a user of the apparatus through signaling means or to store data indicative of the dosing failure to data storage means for further use. In particular, the invention relates to detecting dosing failures in before, during and after a PCR process.

Claim (Index 29):
A method for detecting dosing failures in a chemical or biological assay performed in one or more instruments, comprising\n providing a first reagent solution comprising at least one substance required for performing said assay, the first reagent solution further comprising first colorant providing the solution a first color, providing a second reagent solution comprising at least one other substance required for performing said assay, the second reagent solution further comprising second colorant providing the solution a second color different from the first color, mixing the first and second reagent solutions for providing a mixed solution, the mixed solution having, due to said first and second colorants, a third color different from the first and second colors, measuring the optical response of the mixed solution using at least one method capable of spectral resolution, analysing the spectral properties of the optical response for detecting potential dosing failures, and if a dosing failure is detected, alerting the user of said one or more instruments or storing data indicative of the dosing failure in a storage space of said one or more instruments.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 86.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98438
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13078720', '15210075', '13499518', '14195088', '14510036']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7353406512545451
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5598834252097032
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7177949286500609
- Mean Citation Score: 338.354304
- Max Citation Score: 433.29367
- Similarity Product: 424.1504829053462

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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