PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16201817
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["128", "862000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a bite blocker device for preventing occlusion of an affected dentition. The channel of the bite block follows and engages a portion of the user's upper teeth, while a base portion, opposite the channel portion, follows and engages a portion of the user's lower teeth. The base portion and the channel are separated forming a gap between the user's upper teeth and lower teeth. The bite block is placed substantially opposite the affected tooth or teeth, the gap formed by the bite block preventing occlusion of the affected teeth.

Claim (Index 1):
A bite blocker, comprising:\n A channel portion, the channel portion configured to follow and engage a portion of a user's upper teeth on a first side of the user's mouth, A lower portion opposite the channel portion, the lower portion configured to follow and engage a portion of a user's lower teeth on a first side of the user's mouth, and wherein the lower portion is separated from the channel portion forming a gap between the portion of the upper teeth and the portion of the lower teeth on the first side of the user's mouth and a gap on a second side of the user's mouth opposite the first side, An anterior wall, wherein the anterior wall extends upward from the channel portion and is configured to be positioned on an outside portion of the patient's upper teeth and gums, A posterior wall, wherein the posterior wall extends upward from the channel portion and is configured to be positioned on an inside portion of the patient's upper teeth and gums.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42857
- Patent Class: 128.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['09894880', '14943527', '15803817', '12435061', '13014848']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6617808724410429
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4775051250325755
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6433532977001962
- Mean Citation Score: 226.181938
- Max Citation Score: 231.3524
- Similarity Product: 174.96348480043412

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

Dataset: test