PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897548
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["204", "403020"]

Abstract:
An auto-calibration system for diagnostic test strips is described for presenting data individually carried on each test strip readable by a diagnostic meter. The test strip meter may provide a predetermined varying resistance on one strip or a plurality of varying resistances from strip lot to strip lot.

Claim (Index 5):
A system for measuring a body fluid constituent comprising:\n a test strip comprising:\n at least one electrically insulating layer with a proximal region and a distal region; \n a conductive pattern formed on the at least one insulating layer including at least one electrode disposed on the at least one insulating layer at the proximal region of the strip, electrical strip contacts disposed on the at least one insulating layer at a conductive region at the distal region of the test strip, and conductive traces electrically connecting the electrodes to at least some of the electrical strip contacts; \n a reagent layer contacting at least a portion of at least one electrode; and \n a machine-readable pattern formed on the at least one insulating layer and being readable to identify data particular to the test strip, the machine-readable pattern comprising a plurality of contacting pads with each contacting pad of the plurality of contacting pads having either a first or second predetermined electrical value, the first and second predetermined value being different from one another; \n wherein the contacting pads are disposed distal of the electrical strip contacts and are electrically separated from the electrical strip contacts, and \n wherein at least one of the contacting pads is configured to establish a common connection to ground or a voltage source configured to reverse polarity; and \n a diagnostic meter comprising:\n a connector comprising a channel having a proximal end and a distal end configured to receive the test strip; a first plurality of connector contacts and a second plurality of connector contacts disposed in the channel, the first plurality of connector contacts and the second plurality of connector contacts being positioned in the channel to contact the electrical strip contacts located in distinct portions of the contact region of the test strip, and a microprocessor operable with a decoder for decoding a resistance of the electrical strip contacts as information.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 40.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42857
- Patent Class: 204.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14636463', '12115770', '11181778', '15686429', '11352209']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7990977757838661
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5546015700601222
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7746481552114918
- Mean Citation Score: 374.50036599999993
- Max Citation Score: 414.99573
- Similarity Product: 412.1882805779064

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