PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16179540
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["424", "434000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for a free-standing biodegradable patch suitable for medical applications, especially nasal applications are provided, wherein the patch comprises a free-standing film containing at least one therapeutic agent selected from corticosteroids, antihistamines, monoclonal antibodies, leukotriene receptor antagonists, anti-inflammatory cytokines, vasoconstrictive agents, and any combination thereof. The patch may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within a vessel or tissue, and thereafter may be activated to adhere to vessel wall or tissue, and release the therapeutic content in a sustained fashion. The patch may be micronized and administered in a powdered form.

Claim (Index 10):
The method of  claim 9 , wherein the pathogenic site is on or around the inferior turbinate of the nasal cavity, on or around the inferior meatus of the nasal cavity, on or around nasal polyps, on the nasal or sinus mucosa, or any combination thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57143
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15266934', '15656918', '14943953', '14054653', '14788417']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8084780365668907
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5368583713003849
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7813160700402401
- Mean Citation Score: 302.250804
- Max Citation Score: 309.57013
- Similarity Product: 191.226150099051

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

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