PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16133146
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["560", "179000"]

Abstract:
A continuous flow process for the preparation of one or more esters of lactic acid and 2-hydroxy-3-butenoic acid or α-hydroxy methionine analogues from a sugar in the presence of a solid Lewis acid catalyst and a solvent comprising an organic solvent and water. The invention provides a means for stabilizing a Lewis acid catalyst for use in a continuous reaction process wherein the water is present in an amount of up to or equal to 10 vol. % of the organic solvent.

Claim (Index 7):
A process according to  claim 1 , wherein the solid Lewis acid catalyst comprises an active metal selected from one or more of the group consisting of Sn, Ti, Pb, Zr, Ge and Hf.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7
- Patent Class: 560.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15525450', '16133100', '15568943', '14910319', '15435758']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7985503024636005
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6563389659614055
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7843291688133811
- Mean Citation Score: 424.605486
- Max Citation Score: 594.7827
- Similarity Product: 559.4906697626174

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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