PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16212667
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["514", "397000"]

Abstract:
The addition of a salt to an ALA formulation that is dissolved in the mouth unexpectedly significantly reduces the degree of burning or irritation from ALA exposure during administration. This invention is particularly useful for an oral dissolved form of administration due to the extended time of ALA exposure that is possible with such formulations. The salt-inclusive formulations of the invention can increase efficacy of the ALA administration, reduce negative side effects, or both.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of increasing the concentration of alpha-lipoic acid in the blood of a patient diagnosed as suffering from a disease or condition treatable by an increased bloodstream concentration of alpha-lipoic acid comprising administering a dissolvable tablet comprising alpha-lipoic acid in a weight concentration of at least 12% and a physiologically acceptable salt to the patient and instructing the patient to maintain the tablet in the patient's mouth until the tablet is fully dissolved, thereby causing the alpha-lipoic acid to be absorbed and the concentration of alpha-lipoic acid in the patient's bloodstream to be increased to a level associated with treating the disease or condition and wherein the inclusion of the salt increases the number of patients that find the tablet tolerable for use.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54902
- Patent Class: 514.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13602093', '14772035', '10997519', '14775959', '13719640']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6661924896634659
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.496255688625193
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6491988095596387
- Mean Citation Score: 128.892178
- Max Citation Score: 159.75322
- Similarity Product: 95.94052881249668

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

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