PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16040506
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["600", "575000"]

Abstract:
A disposable cartridge can be used for biofluid sample collection, preparation, and mixing with reagents. After sample collection, the cartridge can be inserted into a reader for sample analysis. This system can be used for detecting and measuring analytes, such as drugs, in saliva for example. This is useful for point of test detection of drugs in applications such as workplace drug testing and driving under the influence of drugs testing.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of collecting saliva from a subject, the method comprising:\n placing a first swab piston and a second swab piston of a saliva collection system in the subject's mouth, wherein the first and second swab pistons extend distally from a collection body; wicking saliva from the subject's mouth into a first internal channel within the first swab piston and into a second internal channel within the second swab piston; removing the first and second swab pistons from the subject's mouth; inserting a cap over the first and second swab pistons, so that the first swab piston is inserted into a first tube in the cap to pierce a first cover that covers a dilution buffer and so that the second swab piston is inserted into a second tube in the cap to pierce a second cover that covers a preservation solution; and fastening the cap to the collection body, wherein a force of fastening the cap to the collection body drives the dilution buffer through the first internal channel to mix and dilute saliva within the first internal channel and to push the mixed and diluted saliva into a diluted sample cavity; testing the diluted saliva from the diluted sample cavity in a reader device; and storing the saliva collection system with saliva from the second swab piston for later processing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14868208', '11554509', '12959952', '14270618', '12695487']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4705655536277445
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4942497326496086
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.472933971529931
- Mean Citation Score: 216.28038
- Max Citation Score: 233.87402000000003
- Similarity Product: 149.5863619219613

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

Dataset: test