PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16179540
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["424", "434000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for a free-standing biodegradable patch suitable for medical applications, especially nasal applications are provided, wherein the patch comprises a free-standing film containing at least one therapeutic agent selected from corticosteroids, antihistamines, monoclonal antibodies, leukotriene receptor antagonists, anti-inflammatory cytokines, vasoconstrictive agents, and any combination thereof. The patch may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within a vessel or tissue, and thereafter may be activated to adhere to vessel wall or tissue, and release the therapeutic content in a sustained fashion. The patch may be micronized and administered in a powdered form.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for treating a nasal condition in a subject, comprising:\n administering a biocompatible film into a nasal cavity of the subject, the biocompatible film integrally formed, prior to adherence to the tissue, of at least a first adhesive layer adjoined to a second layer comprising at least one therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of corticosteroids, antihistamines, monoclonal antibodies, leukotriene receptor antagonists, anti- inflammatory cytokines, vasoconstrictive agents, and any combination thereof, wherein the biocompatible film is configured to release a pharmaceutically effective amount of the therapeutic agent upon administration to the nasal cavity, the pharmaceutically effective amount of the therapeutic agent sufficient to treat at least one of rhinitis, rhinosinusitis, or nasal polyps; and wherein the biocompatible film is free-standing without a support structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57143
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15266934', '15656918', '14943953', '14054653', '14788417']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7902165625846342
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.524411120341256
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7636360183602965
- Mean Citation Score: 302.250804
- Max Citation Score: 309.57013
- Similarity Product: 256.40210318144085

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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