PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971761
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["348", "079000"]

Abstract:
At least some embodiments of the technology are directed to an automated slide processing apparatus configured to apply at least one reagent to a specimen carried by a microscope slide. The slide processing station can include a support element with a support surface, at least one vacuum port, and a sealing member having a non-round shape. In an uncompressed state, the sealing member can extend upwardly beyond the support surface. In a compressed state, the sealing member can be configured to maintain an airtight seal with a backside of the microscope slide as the microscope slide is pulled against the support surface by a vacuum drawn via the at least one vacuum port.

Claim (Index 21):
An automated slide processing apparatus for dispensing liquids onto one or more microscope slides, comprising:\n a carousel including a plurality of reservoir wells; a reagent pipette assembly including a reagent pipette movable between at least one loading position for obtaining reagent from one of the reservoir wells and at least one dispense position for dispensing reagent onto one of the microscope slides; a wash pipette assembly configured to wash the plurality of reservoir wells; and a drive mechanism coupled to the carousel and configured to rotate the carousel to position the reservoir wells relative to the reagent pipette assembly and/or the wash pipette assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98361
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14737320', '14743675', '13831255', '15272331', '14542518']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6755619848594561
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5709400887064966
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6650997952441601
- Mean Citation Score: 357.50900200000007
- Max Citation Score: 527.3322
- Similarity Product: 362.4437014613628

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