Term #1,700
filter
Claim Term
filter
Origin matter
SKINCARE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM
Reference Case 1
PAT-3
Date Added
3/31/22
Created
3/31/22, 9:07 PM
Modified
9/7/23, 8:40 PM
Full Desc
"Filter" refers to a structure, device, apparatus, member, component, system, assembly, module, or subsystem that is organized, configured, designed, arranged, or engineered to remove, trap, collect, gather, select between, or prevent passage of one or more elements traveling in, or suspended within, a fluid. In certain embodiments, a filter may be organized, configured, designed, arranged, or engineered for use over the lifetime of a user or operator or of a system that incorporates the filter. In other embodiments, a filter may be organized, configured, designed, arranged, or engineered to provide effective service for a certain number of uses and/or amount of fluid flow past or through the filter. After these limits are met, the filter may be replaced to restore effective filtration.
In certain embodiments, a filter can include a defoamer that serves to mitigate, prevent creation of, and/or buildup of bubbles in a fluid. Alternatively, or in addition, a filter can function as both a filter and a defoamer. In another embodiment, a defoamer may be a structure, device, apparatus, member, component, system, assembly, module, or subsystem separate from a filter.