PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947318
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["426", "002000"]

Abstract:
Compositions and methods are provided to increase the palatability of dry pet foods. The compositions comprise sorbic acid and/or a salt thereof. The compositions and methods increase the palatability without loss of crunchiness of the dry kibbles over an extended time period. The sorbic acid and/or salt thereof can be used in the base composition of the dry pet food and/or in a coating on the dry pet food, and the sorbic acid and/or salt thereof can be used without affecting the product structure.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for increasing the palatability of dry pet food comprising: incorporating 0.5 weight % to 1.0 weight % of a salt of sorbic acid selected from the group consisting of potassium sorbate, calcium sorbate, sodium sorbate and combinations thereof, into at least one of a basal body of the dry pet food or a coating composition of the dry pet food.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97778
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15816605', '10715198', '14097723', '13378856', '10598681']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7459010813614275
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5003534900805982
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7213463222333446
- Mean Citation Score: 217.859264
- Max Citation Score: 236.94637000000003
- Similarity Product: 176.25730097014667

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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