PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16197283
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["424", "489000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to tracer particles for product identification and/or authentication. When incorporated into a manufactured item, that item can be subsequently authenticated by detecting the tracer particle. The tracer particles of the invention are etched with markings, and in some embodiments, are manufactured with materials that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS). The particles can be analyzed qualitatively or quantitatively. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for the manufacture of the tracer particles, and in other aspects, provides methods for using the particles. Examples of products that can be tagged using the tracer particles of the invention include pharmaceuticals, animal feeds or feed supplements, baby formula powder and liquid bulk materials. Other applications include forensics, such as in explosive materials.

Claim (Index 9):
The marked product of  claim 8 , wherein the marked product is a flowable dry bulk material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86667
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14080648', '12477502', '14009928', '15379468', '13678431']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6630178653602605
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5531478541949294
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6520308642437275
- Mean Citation Score: 189.622153
- Max Citation Score: 416.53162
- Similarity Product: 245.1360181427956

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

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