PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974535
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["424", "484000"]

Abstract:
A gel formulation has been developed which provides high loading, e.g., between about 5% and about 50% wt/wt agent/total gel weight, of a wide range of agents, especially amine-containing compounds such as local anesthetic agents that are known to be difficult to encapsulate, and which adhere to charged surfaces. Examples of pharmaceutically important amines include anesthetics, such as lidocaine. Tuning the ionic strength of an aqueous medium during preparation, suspension, and dialysis purification of the hydrogel composition allows for retention and/or control of agent loading contents, as well as a high capacity for adhesion to charged surfaces mimicking inflamed tissue. In some instances, the rheological properties of the gel can be tuned such as to impart thixotropic properties to the gels formed.

Claim (Index 3):
The gel composition of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more salts mediate, affect, and/or modify the electrostatic interactions between the agents and the gelator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.55056
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15971925', '15174267', '15589891', '15288816', '15965499']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7694390897923227
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5472877734087518
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7472239581539657
- Mean Citation Score: 380.454574
- Max Citation Score: 431.11115
- Similarity Product: 268.4821450505554

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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