PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15778762
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["435", "113000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing L-methionine in which a microorganism is cultured in the presence of L-homoserine and methyl mercaptan, a salt of the same or dimethyl disulfide whereby the L-methionine is accumulated in the culture medium.

Claim (Index 9):
A method for producing L-methionine, comprising culturing a microorganism having L-homoserine O-acetyltransferase activity and O-acetyl-L-homoserine sulfhydrylase activity in a culture medium comprising L-homoserine and a sulphur source, selected from the group consisting of methyl mercaptan, a methyl mercaptan salt and dimethyl disulfide, wherein L-methionine is accumulated in the culture medium.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 58.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.30303
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12066111', '13752907', '11988971', '10781499', '12983788']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6375436023701536
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5347206726829994
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6272613094014382
- Mean Citation Score: 352.85255599999994
- Max Citation Score: 385.8615
- Similarity Product: 311.11076080280543

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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