PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15955121
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["607", "042000"]

Abstract:
A trans mucosal neuromuscular electrical stimulation device ( 1 ) including a mouthpiece ( 3, 103 ), electrodes ( 32 a,  33 a,  132 a,  133 a ) associated with the mouthpiece ( 3, 103 ). The device ( 1 ) and/or mouthpiece ( 3, 103 ) incorporates electrical circuitry operatively connecting to the electrodes ( 32 a,  33 a,  132 a,  133 a ) to a power source and is configured to provide, in use, electrical stimulation to one or more palate and/or tongue muscles via the electrodes ( 32 a,  33 a,  132 a,  133 a ) through the oral mucosa. The treatment regime, including the location of stimulation and the parameters used, is designed to increase resting muscle tone and/or muscle tone during sleep.

Claim (Index 6):
Device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a handle to which the mouthpiece is mounted to enable the mouthpiece to be inserted or held, in use, within one or more locations or positions or orientations within the mouth.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33333
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15026104', '15643765', '11325196', '14983260', '13776109']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6603950963822232
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5261231852962007
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.646967905273621
- Mean Citation Score: 262.976086
- Max Citation Score: 375.88113
- Similarity Product: 240.84836232357145

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

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