PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15902397
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["131", "290000"]

Abstract:
Methods of modifying the tobacco-specific nitrosamine content of a tobacco material are described herein. One exemplary method comprises contacting a tobacco material with a composition comprising salt, sugar, enzyme, lactic acid bacteria, yeast, or a combination thereof to reduce the total bacterial content; curing the tobacco material; and fermenting the tobacco material in the presence of one or more microorganisms. The method can provide a fermented tobacco material having a tobacco-specific nitrosamine content that is reduced relative to a fermented tobacco material that has not been subjected to the disclosed method steps. In certain embodiments, the tobacco-specific nitrosamine content of the fermented tobacco material is no more than that of the cured tobacco material. Tobacco-containing products including such treated tobacco materials are also provided.

Claim (Index 17):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the tobacco-specific nitrosamine content of the fermented tobacco material is no more that the tobacco-specific nitrosamine content of the cured tobacco material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82667
- Patent Class: 131.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13857677', '14870526', '15043177', '15006205', '13442280']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7515475870820785
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5053135056242517
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7269241789362958
- Mean Citation Score: 246.40344
- Max Citation Score: 275.4664
- Similarity Product: 219.71893800210955

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

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