PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15914688
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["433", "006000"]

Abstract:
An orthodontic appliance is described which comprises an upper element  10  and a lower element  12 , wherein at least one of the upper and lower elements  10, 12  takes the form of an active appliance, and wherein each of the upper and lower elements  10, 12  includes, on or associated with a surface thereof facing towards the other of the upper and lower elements  10, 12 , an engagement member  18 , the engagement members  18  being positioned such that, in use, the engagement member  18  associated with the lower element  12  is engageable with the engagement member  18  associated with the upper element  10  to urge the lower element  12  towards a desired position relative to the upper element  10.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of manufacture of an appliance comprising an upper element and a lower element, wherein at least one of the upper and lower elements takes the form of an active appliance, and wherein each of the upper and lower elements includes, on or associated with a surface thereof facing towards the other of the upper and lower elements, an engagement member, the engagement members being positioned such that, in use, the engagement member associated with the lower element is engageable with the engagement member associated with the upper element to urge the lower element towards a desired position relative to the upper element, the method comprising producing a computer model of a patient's teeth and 3D printing the upper and lower elements using the model, the model having been modified prior to the printing to include features which result in the formation of the engagement members in the upper and lower elements.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.40741
- Patent Class: 433.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15828185', '13362584', '14979110', '12657488', '14992325']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6404317831160536
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4784667538255703
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6242352801870054
- Mean Citation Score: 186.822428
- Max Citation Score: 192.70203
- Similarity Product: 132.27360158896923

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

Dataset: test