PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15742230
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["426", "649000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process to prepare a free-flowing salt product comprising sodium chloride (NaCl) and/or potassium chloride (KCl), wherein the salt product has a particle size of from 50 μm to 1000 μm, which process comprises the steps of (a) processing a source of pure NaCl, pure KCl, or mixture of salts, to form particles with an average size of less than 100 micrometer; (b) subsequently, compacting the particles from step a) using a pressure of from 40 to 400 MPa; and optionally, crushing the thus obtained particles; and (c) subsequently, absorbing one or more agents into the salt particles, characterized in that no agent is added in or during steps a) and b) or between steps a) and b).

Claim (Index 7):
Process according to  claim 5  wherein the agent is selected from the group consisting of butterfat, depot fat, lard, lard oil, neat's-foot oil, tallow, cod-liver oil, herring oil, menhaden oil, sardine oil, sperm oil, whale oil; vegetable oils derived from allspice, almond, aloe-vera, angelica, aniseed, apricot kernel, arnica, avocado, baobab, basil, bay, benzoin, bergamot, birch, bitter almond, pepper, bell pepper, blackberry, blueberry, boldo, buchu, cajuput, calamus, capsicum, cardamom, chamomile, chicory root, calendula, camphor, caraway, carrot seed, cassia, cedar wood, chive, cineole, cinnamon, citronella, citrus, clary sage, clove, cocoa butter, coconut, coffee, coriander, corn, cotton seed, cumin, cypress, dill, elemi, eucalyptus, evening primrose, fennel, frankincense, garlic, geranium, ginger, grape seed, grapefruit, hazelnut, helichrysum, hop, hyssop, jasmine, jojoba, juniper, kola, lavandin, lavender, leek, lemon, lemongrass, lemon verbena, licorice root, lime, linseed, macadamia, mandarin, marigold, marjoram, marula, melissa, mugwort, mustard, myrrh, neem, neroli, niaouli, niger seed, nutmeg, oiticica, olive, onion, orange, oregano, palm, palm kernel, palma rosa, paprika, patchouli, peanut, pennyroyal, peppermint, perilla, petitgrain, pimento, pine, poppy seed, pumpkin seed, rapeseed, rice bran, rose, rose geranium, rose otto, rosehip, rosemary, rosewood, rue, safflower, sage, sandalwood, sarsaparilla root, sassafras bark, savin, sesame, soybean, spearmint, spikenard, sunflower, high oleic sunflower, tagetes, tamarind, tangerine, tansy, tarragon, thuja, thyme, tea tree, tuberose, tung, turmeric, vanilla, vernonia, vetiver, walnut, wheat germ, wintergreen, wormseed, wormwood, yarrow, ylang-ylang, babassu oil, castor oil, yeast extracts, celery extracts, mushroom extracts, benzaldehyde, diacetyl(2,2-butanedione), vanillin, ethyl vanillin, and citral (3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8875
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12507365', '13863775', '14086560', '12067009', '15495450']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7458006104067024
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4906848440492397
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7202890337709561
- Mean Citation Score: 152.023524
- Max Citation Score: 183.8996
- Similarity Product: 120.23167510576248

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

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