PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16057777
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2020-02
Patent Classification: ["null", "null"]

Abstract:
Breathing disorders such as snoring and sleep apnea are common disorders disrupting an individual's normal breathing. Improper or obstructed breathing can affect a person's health and wellbeing. This application describes a breathing assistance apparatus and related methods for opening a person's nasal passage to aide in breathing and treat common breathing disorders.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of opening the nasal passageway for increased and consistent airflow to prevent snoring comprising:\n inserting a plurality of tubes, said plurality of tubes comprising at least one semi rigid and supported inner tube and one flexible and inflatable outer tube through two nostrils into the nasal passageway; using a pump apparatus capable of pumping gas or liquid to inflate at least one outer tube of the plurality of tubes with a gas or liquid to temporarily affix the tubes within the user's nose by pressing at least one outer tube against only the middle of the user's nasal passageway, wherein said pump apparatus comprises: a pump, an inflation chamber, and a check valve capable of receiving said pump that unilaterally pumps gas or liquid through the valve into said inflation chamber comprised of a rigid supportive material; engaging a release valve to release the gas or liquid within the outer tube; and removing the plurality of tubes from the nasal passageway and nostrils.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41463
- Patent Class: nan
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12753854', '14997631', '15789966', '12753846', '12753856']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5582247129992208
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4651689650362913
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5489191382029279
- Mean Citation Score: 187.195258
- Max Citation Score: 193.76555
- Similarity Product: 158.57807751519678

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

Dataset: test