PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15913156
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["401", "219000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for dispensing a fluid comprises a housing and a resilient liner adapted to hold the fluid disposed in the housing. A fluid transfer mechanism is in fluid communication between the liner and an applicator assembly mounted on the housing for dispensing the fluid on the skin of the user. The applicator assembly includes an actuator movable relative to the housing so as to activate the fluid transfer mechanism when the actuator is reciprocated. A fluid delivery element is held in contact against skin of a user for applying the fluid onto the skin. The fluid delivery element is supported on the actuator to be movable together with the actuator by varying contact pressure with the skin. Each movement of the actuator generates continuous negative pressure within the liner for drawing fluid through the fluid transfer mechanism and collapsing the liner.

Claim (Index 17):
A fluid transfer assembly for use with an apparatus for dispensing a fluid, the fluid dispensing apparatus including a source of fluid and a reciprocating applicator assembly for dispensing the fluid on skin of a user, the fluid transfer assembly comprising:\n a housing defining an interior cavity for accommodating the fluid, an end of the housing adapted to be in fluid communication with the source of fluid and having at least one opening for receiving the fluid; and a piston member defining a through passage and in fluid communication with the applicator assembly, the piston member adapted to be operatively connected to the applicator assembly and reciprocably disposed in the housing for movement in a first direction toward the end of the housing and in a second opposite direction, the piston member and the housing defining a variable volume chamber between piston member and the end of the housing, wherein each movement of the piston member in the first direction reduces the volume of the variable volume chamber for generating positive pressure in the chamber and forcing fluid through the through passage in the piston member and to the applicator assembly, and each movement of the piston member in the second direction increases the volume of the variable volume chamber for generating negative pressure within the chamber for drawing fluid through the at least one opening in the end of the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27692
- Patent Class: 401.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13833813', '14257507', '15295315', '14777049', '15470134']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7394311305157486
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5553701444974561
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7210250319139193
- Mean Citation Score: 403.472358
- Max Citation Score: 465.40695
- Similarity Product: 457.7214122855544

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

Dataset: test