PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16163498
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["424", "093600"]

Abstract:
Microspheres are produced by contacting a solution of a macromolecule or small molecule in a solvent with an antisolvent and a counterion, and chilling the solution. The microspheres are useful for preparing pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetic products and the like of defined dimensions.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of making microparticles of a compound, comprising:\n a) adding a counterion to a solution containing the compound in a solvent; b) adding an antisolvent to the solution; and c) gradually cooling the solution to a temperature below about 25\u00b0 C., whereby a composition containing microparticles comprising the compound is formed, wherein steps a), b) and c) are performed simultaneously, sequentially, intermittently, or in any order.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.34286
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13289644', '15715041', '15156268', '09760046', '11557486']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6836144842472618
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4763923258387651
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6628922684064121
- Mean Citation Score: 138.68837240000002
- Max Citation Score: 186.34431
- Similarity Product: 141.62610551045717

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

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