PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977875
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["435", "006100"]

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and their methods of use, for generating droplets are provided. One or more geometric parameters of a microfluidic channel can be selected to generate droplets of a desired and predictable droplet size.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of producing a bioanalyte detection droplet, the method comprising:\n (a) providing a device comprising: (i) a plurality of particles in an aqueous carrier, the particles comprising a bioanalyte detection moiety; (ii) a particle channel; (iii) a droplet formation region configured to allow the aqueous carrier to expand in at least one dimension; and (iv) a droplet collection region, wherein the particle channel is proximal to the droplet formation region and the droplet formation region is proximal to the droplet collection region; and (b) allowing the particles in the aqueous carrier to flow proximal-to-distal through the particle channel and droplet formation region, wherein the aqueous carrier meets a partitioning liquid at the droplet formation region under droplet forming conditions, thereby forming a plurality of bioanalyte detection droplets comprising one or more of the particles in the aqueous carrier, wherein the plurality of bioanalyte detection droplets accumulate in the droplet collection region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.25806
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15977861', '15977805', '15977824', '09953103', '13249212']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.648862862793617
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5312687331006498
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6371034498243203
- Mean Citation Score: 312.415858
- Max Citation Score: 380.38614
- Similarity Product: 306.4438082429624

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

Dataset: test