PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15980296
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["424", "440000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a confectionery capable of imparting oral care benefits to an end-user, the confectionery containing: a first sweetener; an optional second sweetener, a flavorant and optionally a functional active ingredient for promoting tooth mineralization, wherein the confectionery is substantially sugar-free. The present invention is also directed to a method of imparting oral care benefits to a consumer involving inserting the above-described confectionery into a consumer's mouth and allowing the confectionery to dissolve in the consumer's mouth over a prolonged period of time.

Claim (Index 1):
A confectionery comprising:\n a first area comprising a first sugar alcohol; and a second area distinct from the first area, the second area comprising a second sugar alcohol and at least one flavorant; wherein each of the first and second sugar alcohols has a dissolution rate in saliva at normal human body temperature, and wherein the first sugar alcohol dissolution rate is greater than the second sugar alcohol dissolution rate, and wherein the confectionery provides oral care benefits to an end user, the oral care benefits including at least one of increased salivary flow, dispersion of oral biofilms, remineralization of tooth enamel, and reduced demineralization of tooth enamel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74545
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11732940', '10618331', '12018595', '11913184', '09489241']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7190521819313714
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5236705634900303
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6995140200872374
- Mean Citation Score: 263.011814
- Max Citation Score: 302.3633700000001
- Similarity Product: 194.16699484786216

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

Dataset: test