PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15966088
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["514", "025000"]

Abstract:
Compositions are provided that have at least two of three active ingredients. The active ingredients maybe a salt having a cation N α C8-C16 alkanoyl-L di-basic amino acid —C1-C4 alkyl ester, a glycerol monoester of a fatty acid and a sugar ester of a fatty acid. The compositions are useful in methods of killing or inhibiting planktonic bacteria or fungi and bacteria or fungi embedded in a biofilm and prevention of biofilm formation on surfaces. The composition may further comprise a hydrogel and a benefit agent such as an antibiotic that can be solubilized by the hydrogel and supplied to the biofilm matrix by the active ingredients of the composition. Devices such as chronic wound coverings coated with the composition are also provided. Methods of preserving products with the composition are also provided.

Claim (Index 6):
A method of preserving a surface or product by preventing or inhibiting biofilm formation by bacteria or fungi, the method comprising:\n applying to a surface or adding to a product a composition having an active ingredient comprising at least two or more of: a) a salt having a cation N \u03b1 C8-C16 alkanoyl-L di-basic amino acid \u2014C1-C4 alkyl ester and an anion selected from the group consisting of: halide, nitrite, nitrate, linolenate, laurate, oleoate, phenolate, polyphenolate, carboxylate, hydroxycarboxylate, hyaluronate, antibiotic anion, resveratrol, and an amino acid, the salt being present in an amount from about 0.025 wt % to about 10 wt %; b) a glycerol monoester of a fatty acid being present in an amount from about 0.05 wt % to about 10 wt %; and c) a sugar ester of a fatty acid being present in an amount from about 0.075 wt % to about 20 wt %; and optionally comprising one or more of: d) a solvent being present in an amount from about 20 wt % to about 99.9 wt %; or e) a thickener or carrier or gelling agent being present in an amount from about 20 wt % to about 75 wt %; or f) a sacrificial agent being present in an amount from about 0.05 wt % to about 5 wt %; or g) a hydrogel having a three-dimensional hydrophilic polymer network; the active ingredient of the composition preventing or inhibiting bacteria or fungi from forming a biofilm on a surface or in a product.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75
- Patent Class: 514.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13313880', '15257673', '14654525', '13566816', '15787343']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7477678754586505
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5051837092691163
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7235094588396971
- Mean Citation Score: 228.801642
- Max Citation Score: 266.16757
- Similarity Product: 191.02857726118268

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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