PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15760866
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["428", "532000"]

Abstract:
Provided are NCC-based materials, as superb barrier materials for preventing oxygen and humidity from penetrating therethrough.

Claim (Index 79):
A process for manufacturing nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) ester, the process comprising treating, at a temperature between 40 and 110\u00b0 C., NCC with acetic acid and at least one ester source selected from acid anhydride, at least one carboxylic acid, at least one carboxylate and at least one acyl halide, in the presence of sulfuric acid, wherein the amount of the sulfuric acid is between 0.01% and 1%, compared to the weight of NCC.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.05882
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15114220', '13821192', '13955466', '12768891', '14115659']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8812369326734325
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4962929597462288
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8427425353807121
- Mean Citation Score: 167.181782
- Max Citation Score: 194.79228
- Similarity Product: 119.9549365930152

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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