PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15967543
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["506", "009000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems for nanopillar sensors are described. Nanopillars can be defined on a substrate, and metal deposited on the nanopillars. A thermal treatment can reflow the metal on the nanopillars forming metallic bulbs on the top end of the nanopillars. These structures can have enhanced optical detection when functionalized with biological agents, or can detect gases, particles and liquids through interaction with the metal layer on the nanopillars.

Claim (Index 13):
A method to produce a sensor for multiplexed detection of multiple biomolecules, comprising:\n providing a substrate, the substrate comprising at least one recessed region and nanopillars defined in the at least one recessed region; attaching to said substrate a first plurality of first chemical linkers; providing a second plurality of second chemical linkers, each second chemical linker capable of binding to a first chemical linker; allowing the first and second pluralities of chemical linkers to interact under such conditions and for such a time as to allow binding of some or all of the chemical linkers of the second plurality to some or all of the chemical linkers of the first plurality to generate a third plurality of first and second chemical linkers, each first chemical linker of the third plurality bound to a second chemical linker of the third plurality, and a fourth plurality of first chemical linkers, each first chemical linker of the fourth plurality unbound to a second chemical linker of the fourth plurality; and performing at least one functionalization step to produce a sensor for multiplexed detection of multiple biomolecules, each functionalization step comprising the steps of:\n illuminating at least one area of the substrate to release the second chemical linkers of the third plurality of chemical linkers from being bound to the first chemical linkers of the third plurality of chemical linkers to expose the first chemical linkers of the third plurality attached to the substrate in that area; and \n providing a plurality of molecular probes capable of attaching to the exposed first chemical linkers of the third plurality.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.52
- Patent Class: 506.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14621306', '14621286', '14621295', '14621265', '14316024']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.524762789489521
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5156871227054977
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5238552228111187
- Mean Citation Score: 237.0145872
- Max Citation Score: 313.29785
- Similarity Product: 290.1403258912385

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

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