PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872791
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["435", "006100"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is nucleic acid preserving compositions and methods of manufacturing and using the same. Compositions include a carrier, a chaotropic agent, a buffering agent, a chelating agent, a surfactant, an alcohol, an acid, and a mucolytic agent. Compositions as aqueous solutions can include water as a carrier. Preferred embodiments include water, guanidine thiocyanate, Tris, EDTA, SLS, SDA 3C, HCl, and N-acetyl-L-cysteine. Some embodiments include a colored dye as a visual indicator. Methods of manufacturing include combining the components into a mixture, such as an aqueous solution. Methods of use include providing a biological sample that includes nucleic acid and contacting the biological sample with the composition. Kits include the composition disposed in a portion of a biological sample collection apparatus.

Claim (Index 20):
A biological sample preservation kit, comprising:\n a sample collection apparatus comprising a solution compartment; and a nucleic acid preservation composition disposed in the solution compartment, the composition comprising an aqueous solution, comprising:\n an aqueous carrier; \n a chaotropic agent; \n a buffering agent; \n a chelating agent; \n a surfactant; \n an alcohol; \n an acid; and \n a mucolytic agent.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04286
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14422979', '14431243', '14238625', '12718713', '13524560']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5277300744410485
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4781481618944677
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5227718831863903
- Mean Citation Score: 173.69106399999995
- Max Citation Score: 183.26277
- Similarity Product: 140.7022573372453

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

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