PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16101436
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["424", "411000"]

Abstract:
A solid material adapted to kill bacteria in planktonic, spore and biofilm states is lethal toward a wide spectrum of gram positive and gram negative bacteria as well as other microbes. The solid material includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants entrained in a crosslinked polymeric network.

Claim (Index 14):
An article having at least one surface adapted to kill bacteria coming in contact therewith, said article comprising a medical device intended for temporary implantation and, disposed on an external surface of said device, a solid antimicrobial coating adapted to be effective when in contact with water, said coating comprising (a) a hydrophilic network of crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone, (b) at least 0.03 weight percent of a quaternary ammonium halide surfactant entrained in said polymer network, and (c) one or more ionic compounds entrained in said polymer network, said coating, when in contact with an aqueous medium, being capable of providing a local pH of less than 6.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.26829
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14485748', '13468767', '15218756', '15075147', '15339298']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.730269826729846
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.518279334011735
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7090707774580349
- Mean Citation Score: 271.456628
- Max Citation Score: 332.52383
- Similarity Product: 284.6077768792706

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

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