PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941880
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["426", "332000"]

Abstract:
A method for reducing the incidence of  Salmonella  in harvested poultry comprising treating the poultry with an effective antimicrobial solution comprising a blend of lactic and citric acids in proportions containing a predominance of lactic acid from 50:30 wt./wt. to 75:5 wt./wt. lactic acid to citric acid; and the pH of the solution is less than about 3.2.

Claim (Index 25):
An antimicrobial solution for reducing the incidence of  Salmonella  in non-comminuted meat, the antimicrobial solution consisting of an acid blend of lactic and citric acid, wherein the ratio of lactic acid by weight to the acid blend by weight is from 62.5% to 93.8%, and wherein the acid blend is 1 wt. % to 2.5 wt. % of the solution; and\n wherein the pH of the solution is less than 3.2.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5122
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15348931', '10657692', '13215124', '13112624', '13216133']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7109419913520013
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5038069430539677
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6902284865221979
- Mean Citation Score: 222.683878
- Max Citation Score: 248.34435
- Similarity Product: 167.68127258133887

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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