PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15960429
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["604", "342000"]

Abstract:
A novel method for bathing with a waterproof barrier covering an ostomy appliance. The removable barrier is a bowl having a removable plate with an opening configured to receive a folded ostomy pouch. The flange of the bowl is in contact with the user's skin surrounding the ostomy appliance. A belt having a first end located opposite a second end is connected to the bowl. The first end and the second end of the belt are fastened around the abdomen of the user. The opening of the bowl forms a chamber. The chamber is configured to retain the ostomy appliance when the top portion and the lower portion of the ostomy appliance are folded over and secured with a fastener. The belt can be adjusted to tighten or loosen the bowl that is positioned over an ostomy appliance of a user to create a water tight seal.

Claim (Index 2):
The method for bathing with a waterproof barrier covering an ostomy appliance of  claim 1 , further comprising the steps of: providing said ostomy pouch having a first fold line located at a top portion of said ostomy pouch, said ostomy pouch having a second fold line located at a bottom portion of said ostomy pouch, said bottom portion of said ostomy pouch is configured to be folded over at said second fold line and said top portion of said ostomy pouch is configured to be folded over at said first fold line

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26087
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11006241', '15246775', '14789684', '14890003', '13123926']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8055105690547523
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4999316371940148
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7749526758686784
- Mean Citation Score: 277.05757400000005
- Max Citation Score: 287.28912
- Similarity Product: 207.76169328506472

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

Dataset: test