PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15959705
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["424", "093400"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to gram positive bacteria with increased stress resistance and/or improved storage characteristics. In particular, the invention relates to gram positive bacterium which accumulate intracellular trehalose. The gram positive bacterium according to the invention lack cellobiose-specific PTS system IIC component (PtcC)activity. The gram positive bacterium may further lack trehalose 6-phosphate phosphorylase (TrePP)activity. The gram positive bacterium may further overexpress trehalose transporters. The invention further relates to compositions comprising such gram positive bacterium as well as methods and uses thereof.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for improving stress resistance or storage characteristics of a gram positive bacterium, preferably a lactic acid bacterium (LAB) or  Bifidobacterium,  preferably one or more stress resistance or storage characteristics selected from the group comprising resistance to acid conditions, resistance to bile salts, resistance to drying, freezing or freeze-drying, and osmotic resistance, comprising modifying the gram positive bacterium such as to lack PtcC activity, preferably wherein the gene encoding endogenous PtcC has been partially or completely deleted, disrupted or inactivated such as being incapable of producing functional ptcC gene product.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 68.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79245
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14346504', '15258433', '14346488', '15003426', '15695347']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8122396388992065
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6399531236196904
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.795010987371255
- Mean Citation Score: 631.196458
- Max Citation Score: 731.34644
- Similarity Product: 539.657936247654

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

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