PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15902985
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["222", "504000"]

Abstract:
A dispensing module includes a needle and an actuator housing defining an actuator cavity with an actuator disposed therein, a body cavity, and a needle passageway connecting the actuator cavity and the body cavity. A lower end of the needle defines a valve element, and an upper end of the needle is secured to the actuator. The dispensing module also includes a nozzle adapter releasably coupled to the actuator housing, where the nozzle adapter defines a seal seat, a fluid inlet, a fluid channel, and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid channel. The nozzle adapter is configured to be releasably coupled to the actuator housing using one or more fasteners, such that the needle extends into the fluid channel.

Claim (Index 19):
A dispensing module for dispensing a liquid, the dispensing module comprising:\n an actuator housing defining a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface in a longitudinal direction, the bottom surface defining a first aperture configured to receive a fastener, the actuator housing further defining an actuator cavity, a body cavity, and a needle passageway connecting the actuator cavity and the body cavity; an actuator disposed within the actuator cavity; a needle defining an upper end and a lower end opposite the upper end in the longitudinal direction, the lower end defining a valve element, wherein the upper end of the needle is secured to the actuator such that the needle extends from the actuator cavity through the needle passageway; and a nozzle adapter defining a nozzle body that includes an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface in the longitudinal direction, and a protrusion extending from the nozzle body in a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction at a location between the upper surface and the lower surface along the longitudinal direction, the protrusion defining a second aperture configured to receive the fastener, the nozzle adapter further defining a seal seat, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid channel extending from the seal seat to the fluid outlet, wherein the fluid channel is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, the fluid channel being partially defined by a valve seat, wherein the nozzle adapter is configured to be at least partially disposed within the body cavity when coupled to the actuator housing, such that the lower end of the needle extends into the fluid channel, and the fastener extends through the first aperture and the second aperture such that the fastener releasably secures the nozzle adapter to the actuator housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 74.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42105
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12574340', '11328378', '13009927', '14479906', '10271644']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7861466739219548
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4916067878711586
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7566926853168752
- Mean Citation Score: 256.78387999999995
- Max Citation Score: 276.3945
- Similarity Product: 224.6921781899929

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