PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15968390
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["324", "663000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for liquid sensing includes a drive electrode and a sense electrode disposed on a substrate in a side-by-side relationship. A dielectric layer overlies the sense electrode. A shield electrode disposed on the dielectric layer overlies the sense electrode. The shield electrode is driven to the same potential as the sense electrode. A controller coupled to the drive electrode and the sense electrode provides an excitation signal to the drive electrode and detects capacitance between the drive electrode and the sense electrode.

Claim (Index 1):
A sensor configured for detecting the presence of fluid in a vessel, the sensor comprising:\n a dielectric substrate configured for attachment to the vessel; a drive electrode disposed on said substrate; a sense electrode disposed on said substrate in side-by-side relationship with said drive electrode; an insulating layer disposed on and overlying at least a portion of said sense electrode; a shield electrode disposed on said insulating layer, said shield electrode overlying the entirety of said sense electrode; a controller electrically coupled to said drive electrode and said sense electrode, said controller configured to provide excitation signals to said drive electrode and to detect signals from said drive electrode and said sense electrode indicative of capacitance between said drive electrode and said sense electrode; and an amplifier having an input connected to said sense electrode and an output connected to said shield electrode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 324.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15655444', '12537774', '14830049', '14639406', '14089418']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5248578528517426
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4421987083062471
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5165919383971931
- Mean Citation Score: 99.18436319999998
- Max Citation Score: 104.48065
- Similarity Product: 80.21316582360863

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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