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 4):
The flow control apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said housing is constructed of plastic.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63077
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14754806', '11818232', '11465612', '10853893', '10854830']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8594897530385933
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4735587962477838
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8208966573595123
- Mean Citation Score: 215.62536
- Max Citation Score: 225.05891
- Similarity Product: 171.89929010989368

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