PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15966432
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["250", "281000"]

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for delivering biological samples to an ICP source of a mass cytometer are disclosed. Biological material is disposed on a plurality of discrete sites on a carrier. The plurality of discrete sites are configured to retain biological material and to release the biological material upon application of energy. The carrier is positioned in proximity to a gas conduit and upon release from the discrete sites, the biological material becomes entrained in a gas flow, which delivers discrete portions of biological material through the conduit to the ICP source for analysis by mass cytometry. The apparatus and methods can provide a continuous stream of discrete portions of biological material to a mass cytometer or mass spectrometer.

Claim (Index 54):
The support of  claim 53 , wherein a cushion layer is configured to be disposed between the film and the biological sample, wherein the cushion layer is configured to absorb energy from the ablation of the film to limit damage to the biological sample.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11864
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14986431', '16322418', '14223606', '15336361', '15408806']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.691260960662779
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5736251417990151
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6794973787764027
- Mean Citation Score: 271.385104
- Max Citation Score: 474.60992000000016
- Similarity Product: 368.2537155022431

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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