PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15873163
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["607", "090000"]

Abstract:
A device and method for applying light to the cornea of the eye as, for example, to promote crosslinking of collagen in the cornea for vision correction. The device may include a structure having form and size similar to a conventional contact lens. The structure may include an optically dispersive element such as a mass of an optically dispersive material that may be contained in a cavity of a reflective element. Light applied to the dispersive mass as, for example, by an optical fiber connected to the structure is dispersed in the structure and passes into the cornea. The patient may blink or close the eye during the procedure, which increases patient comfort and aids in maintaining hydration of the cornea.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of applying light to the eye of a subject comprising directing light in a direction generally parallel to the surface of the cornea of the eye within an optically dispersive element overlying the surface of the cornea so that light dispersed by the element passes out of the element and into the cornea.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.92647
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14314518', '15856651', '14976013', '15836247', '14751358']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6217957160128014
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4820392331756542
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6078200677290867
- Mean Citation Score: 163.40487
- Max Citation Score: 252.88133
- Similarity Product: 210.78809617293416

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

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