PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16017750
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["134", "018000"]

Abstract:
The amount of consumption of a washing solution for a nozzle and the required time for washing are reduced. A nozzle washing apparatus usable for collection of a specimen comprises a washing tank which accommodates a nozzle, a first discharge port which discharges a washing solution supplied into the washing tank from an upper portion of the washing tank, a second discharge port which discharges the washing solution supplied into the washing tank from a position lower than the first discharge port of the washing tank, a detector which detects a range of contact of an outer wall of the nozzle with the specimen, and a controller which discharges the washing solution supplied into the washing tank from one of the first discharge port and the second discharge port on the basis of a detection result obtained by the detector.

Claim (Index 2):
The nozzle washing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:\n a first valve which opens/closes the first discharge port; and a second valve which opens/closes the second discharge port, wherein: the controller is further configured to switch opening/closing of the first valve and/or the second valve on the basis of the detection result obtained by the detector.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.65455
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15113288', '15111006', '14279151', '14384417', '13123674']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8202059525629085
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4847339630201652
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7866587536086342
- Mean Citation Score: 172.16827600000005
- Max Citation Score: 181.645
- Similarity Product: 123.08549339056016

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