PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16064341
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["514", "635000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to metformin for use in treating a patient, wherein the patient exhibits an increased level of GDF15 in response to metformin treatment; to methods of identifying a patient who will benefit or who will not benefit from metformin treatment; methods of treating a patient at risk of developing or suffering from a disease or disorder comprising administering therapeutically effective amount of metformin; methods of adapting the dosage of metformin; the usage of GDF15 as biomarker for identifying a patient who will benefit or who will not benefit from metformin treatment, kits for use in identifying a patient who will benefit from metformin treatment and the use of the kits, as well as methods of treating a patient or who will not benefit from metformin treatment.

Claim (Index 10):
Method of treating a patient at risk of developing or suffering from a disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of cancer, cognitive decline, dementia, frailty, falls, unsteadiness, erectile dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, chronic pain, foot ulceration, retinal disease, decreased vision, renal disease and reduced longevity, comprising the step of administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of metformin, wherein said patient exhibits an increased level of GDF15 in response to (an initial) metformin treatment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.63462
- Patent Class: 514.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15063000', '14370450', '15287228', '09460920', '13734966']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6812708547557703
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5143679675149689
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6645805660316902
- Mean Citation Score: 228.779524
- Max Citation Score: 236.57469
- Similarity Product: 144.3960724472129

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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