PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15901305
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["137", "539000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for use in controlling a dispensing rate of medication or other substance via a syringe, including, without limitation, into a patient, intravenous line port or heparin lock. A fluid flow rate control apparatus has a housing defining an inner chamber with an inlet port and an outlet port. Sealing seats are formed at or near both the inlet and outlet ports, and a moveable sealing element, such as a ball, can move within the inner chamber between the sealing seats. A spring biases the ball toward the inlet port sealing seat.

Claim (Index 5):
A fluid flow control apparatus comprising:\n a) a housing having a first bore extending through said housing, wherein said first bore has an inlet and an outlet; b) a ball moveably disposed within said first bore between said inlet and said outlet; c) a ball seat disposed between said ball and said outlet; and d) a compression spring disposed between said ball and said ball seat, wherein said compression spring biases said ball away from said ball seat when fluid flow rate in said first bore is less than a predetermined rate, but allows said ball to engage with said ball seat and restrict fluid flow through said outlet when said fluid flow rate exceeds said predetermined rate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63077
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14754806', '11818232', '11465612', '10853893', '10854830']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8440356703418448
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4750405348241519
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8071361567900754
- Mean Citation Score: 215.62536
- Max Citation Score: 225.05891
- Similarity Product: 164.43581995992304

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

Dataset: test