PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16164287
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["433", "006000"]

Abstract:
Polymeric shell appliances are provided in which the polymeric shell appliances are configured to provide one or more activation forces to facilitate tooth movement. In many embodiments, the activation forces are arranged to provide force in a direction opposite to an intended direction of tooth movement. The polymeric shell appliances may comprise one or more tooth receiving cavities, in which each of the plurality of tooth receiving cavities is shaped and arranged to provide a counter moment of each of the plurality of teeth.

Claim (Index 16):
A method comprising:\n coupling a first dental appliance to a first set of teeth and a second set of teeth of a dentition of a patient, the first set of teeth having first one or more attachments attached thereto, and the first dental appliance having first one or more activation regions and second one or more activation regions, the first one or more activation regions being at first one or more locations corresponding to the first one or more attachments; providing first one or more forces to the first set of teeth through the first one or more activation regions and the first one or more attachments, at least a portion of the first one or more forces being configured to direct the first set of teeth toward the second set of teeth from a first position to a second position; providing second one or more forces to the second set of teeth through the second one or more activation regions, at least a portion of the second one or more forces being opposed to the first one or more forces; coupling a second dental appliance to the first set of teeth and the second set of teeth, the second dental appliance having third one or more activation regions and fourth one or more activation regions, the third one or more activation regions being at third one or more locations corresponding to the first one or more attachments; providing third one or more forces to the first set of teeth through the third one or more activation regions and the first one or more attachments, at least a portion of the third one or more forces being configured to direct the first set of teeth toward the second set of teeth from the second position to a third position; and providing fourth one or more forces to the second set of teeth through the fourth one or more activation regions, at least a portion of the fourth one or more forces being opposed to the third one or more forces.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93478
- Patent Class: 433.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15684775', '14566474', '15936757', '15202299', '13865091']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6161396361186655
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4926217142549859
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6037878439322976
- Mean Citation Score: 233.212806
- Max Citation Score: 259.45645
- Similarity Product: 206.92340442679824

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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