PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16192034
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["204", "451000"]

Abstract:
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward methods and apparatuses for interacting a first liquid and a second liquid in one or more fluidic channels of a capillary structure. The methods and apparatuses can include providing at least one capillary barrier that positions a meniscus of the first liquid at a fluid-interface region using capillary forces within the capillary structure. Additionally, a path is provided along one of the channels for the second liquid to flow toward the fluid-interface region. Additionally, gas pressure is released, via a gas-outflow port, from the fluid-interface region while flow of the first liquid is arrested. Further, the first liquid and the second liquid contact in the fluid-interface region with the capillary barrier holding the first liquid at the fluid-interface region.

Claim (Index 16):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the second microfluidic channel or reservoir comprises a second capillary barrier comprising (a) a barrier structure that decreases effective dimensions of the second microfluidic channel or channel, which is sufficient to arrest flow of the second liquid flowing toward the escape path, and (b) an expansion at the escape path.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19048
- Patent Class: 204.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15853370', '16175500', '13988055', '14465345', '15400795']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7737296940593726
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.53358453493043
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7497151781464784
- Mean Citation Score: 238.866596
- Max Citation Score: 387.4643
- Similarity Product: 318.7505608408868

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