PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16226062
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["206", "530000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide drug packaging and methods for producing drug packaging which can be sealed at room temperature and/or without the need for elevated temperatures above room temperature. Many embodiments provide drug packaging comprising pierceable tubing having a capsule shape (also referred to herein as a pierceable capsule and/or pierceable drug capsule) containing a solid drug such as a drug pellet and methods for producing pierceable drug capsules which can be sealed at room temperature. Embodiments are particularly useful for the packaging and delivery of drugs used in implantable drug delivery devices as well as packaging of drugs that are easily thermally degraded.

Claim (Index 12):
A hermetically sealed packaging for a medication dose comprising a therapeutic agent, the packaging comprising:\n a first larger diameter tube having a covered end and an open opposite end; a second smaller diameter tube having a first open end and an enlarged covered end opposite the first open end; wherein each tube includes (i) a lumen, the lumen of either the first larger diameter tube or the second smaller diameter tube including the medication dose, and (ii) a covering over their respective covered ends comprising a pierceable material, the pierceable material forming a compressive bond with at least one of the covered end or the enlarged covered end during a bonding process; and wherein the first larger diameter tube and the second smaller diameter tube are joined to form a hermetic seal between the first larger diameter tube and the second smaller diameter tube by an interference fit between the tubes, the hermetic seal being created by the interference fit alone without a need for elevated temperature to form the hermetic seal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83333
- Patent Class: 206.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15883471', '15392822', '14732647', '13645344', '13138764']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7603951027308028
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.554037312760045
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.739759323733727
- Mean Citation Score: 275.67296
- Max Citation Score: 410.67462
- Similarity Product: 406.3784660638404

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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