PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15898791
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "249000"]

Abstract:
A nipple shield having an attached illuminated element containing a luminescent agent that illuminates for placement of a conventional nipple shield on a breast in darkened conditions. The nipple shield has a nipple portion and a base portion having a convex outer-facing surface and a concave breast-contacting surface, and the attachable illuminated element comprises a transparent silicone resin material, a luminescent agent interspersed within a portion of the resin material, and a binding surface comprising an adhesive material. The luminescent agent is typically a photoluminescent pigment having a mean particle size of less than 2000 μm. The attachable illuminated element can either be releasably or permanently attached to the illuminated nipple shield. Methods for illuminating a nipple shield using attachable illuminated elements of the present invention are also provided.

Claim (Index 29):
The method according to  claim 28 , wherein the attachable illuminated element further comprises a cover layer releasably affixed to the binding surface, and the method further comprises the step of removing the cover layer prior to contacting the binding surface of the attachable illuminated element to the convex outer-facing surface of the nipple shield.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85135
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15013187', '13330594', '10392788', '14927403', '13479472']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4986830433130684
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5381809268375725
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5026328316655188
- Mean Citation Score: 243.916634
- Max Citation Score: 436.05597
- Similarity Product: 249.71387768318647

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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