PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941880
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["426", "332000"]

Abstract:
A method for reducing the incidence of  Salmonella  in harvested poultry comprising treating the poultry with an effective antimicrobial solution comprising a blend of lactic and citric acids in proportions containing a predominance of lactic acid from 50:30 wt./wt. to 75:5 wt./wt. lactic acid to citric acid; and the pH of the solution is less than about 3.2.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for reducing the incidence of  Salmonella  in harvested poultry comprising treating the poultry with an effective antimicrobial solution consisting essentially of an acid blend of citric and lactic acids wherein there is a predominance of lactic acid with citric acid being present so that there is a ratio of from 50:30 wt./wt. to 75:5 wt./wt. lactic acid to citric acid, wherein the acid blend is 1% to 2.5% by weight of the solution, and the pH of the solution is less than 3.2.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5122
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: half
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15348931', '10657692', '13215124', '13112624', '13216133']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.691021904689855
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5085921316434099
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6727789273852105
- Mean Citation Score: 222.683878
- Max Citation Score: 248.34435
- Similarity Product: 165.9055674687624

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

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