PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15955121
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["607", "042000"]

Abstract:
A trans mucosal neuromuscular electrical stimulation device ( 1 ) including a mouthpiece ( 3, 103 ), electrodes ( 32 a,  33 a,  132 a,  133 a ) associated with the mouthpiece ( 3, 103 ). The device ( 1 ) and/or mouthpiece ( 3, 103 ) incorporates electrical circuitry operatively connecting to the electrodes ( 32 a,  33 a,  132 a,  133 a ) to a power source and is configured to provide, in use, electrical stimulation to one or more palate and/or tongue muscles via the electrodes ( 32 a,  33 a,  132 a,  133 a ) through the oral mucosa. The treatment regime, including the location of stimulation and the parameters used, is designed to increase resting muscle tone and/or muscle tone during sleep.

Claim (Index 17):
A method according to  claim 11 , wherein the current is applied for a predetermined period of up to 5 hours.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33333
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15026104', '15643765', '11325196', '14983260', '13776109']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6872660516693718
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5281707249648222
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6713565189989169
- Mean Citation Score: 262.976086
- Max Citation Score: 375.88113
- Similarity Product: 211.07318876405603

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

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