PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16208186
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["235", "462110"]

Abstract:
A method of reading machine-readable labels on sample receptacles held by a sample rack. In the method, an absolute position of the sample rack is measured as the sample rack moves between first and second positions in a housing. During movement between the first and second positions, an image is acquired of a machine-readable label associated with each sample receptacle held by the sample rack. The image of each machine-readable label is thereafter decoded.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of reading machine-readable labels on sample receptacles, comprising:\n moving, between a first position and a second position in a housing, a sample rack configured to hold a plurality of sample receptacles, each having a machine-readable label; and activating a label reader when the sample rack is at each of a plurality of predetermined positions between the first position and the second position to read the machine-readable label of each sample receptacle of the plurality of sample receptacles as the sample rack moves from the first position to the second position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86047
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15092150', '14229676', '13320749', '13293529', '12781392']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6121368397916799
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.526171261430695
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6035402819555814
- Mean Citation Score: 301.868554
- Max Citation Score: 386.75284
- Similarity Product: 353.23101907742017

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