PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15949501
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["222", "207000"]

Abstract:
A flexible pouch and valve assembly is provided for aseptically storing a substance, dispensing multiple portions of the stored substance therefrom, and maintaining substance remaining in the pouch in an aseptic condition sealed with respect to ambient atmosphere. The flexible pouch and valve assembly are receivable within a relatively rigid housing, and are adapted to cooperate with a pump for pumping discrete portions of substance from the pouch and through the one-way valve to dispense the substance therefrom. The assembly comprises a flexible pouch defining therein a variable-volume storage chamber sealed with respect to the ambient atmosphere for aseptically storing therein multiple portions of the substance. A one-way valve of the assembly includes a valve body defining an axially-extending valve seat and at least one flow aperture extending through the valve body and/or the valve seat.

Claim (Index 28):
An apparatus comprising:\n a first portion including a storage chamber therein adapted for storing a substance, wherein the first portion defines a axis; and a one-way valve defining an axis oriented at an angle to the axis of the first portion and connected or connectible in fluid communication with substance from the storage chamber, and including a valve seat and a valve portion overlying the valve seat, wherein the valve portion defines a dimension that is less than a dimension of the valve seat to form an interference fit with the valve seat in at least one location where the valve portion overlies the valve seat, the valve portion and the valve seat define a normally closed valve seam therebetween, and the valve portion is movable between (i) a normally closed position with the valve portion engaging the valve seat, and (ii) an open position with at least a portion of the valve portion spaced away from the valve seat to allow passage of substance from the variable-volume storage chamber through the valve seam, wherein in the normally closed and open positions the one-way valve prevents ingress of bacteria or other contaminants into the apparatus through the valve seam.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13433
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12901422', '13362532', '14943536', '14101981', '11650102']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8628212619010002
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5642875943415465
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8329678951450548
- Mean Citation Score: 499.137796
- Max Citation Score: 508.63565
- Similarity Product: 477.1073154562889

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

Dataset: test