PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16204976
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["424", "405000"]

Abstract:
An avermectin-based topical formulation is disclosed which is useful for prevention and treatment of head lice ( Pediculus humanus capitis ). This topical formulation may be formulated as a shampoo-condition which comprises an effective amount of avermectin, solubilizers, suspending agents, preservatives, nonionic surfactants, humectants, a silicone compound, and water. Also disclosed are methods of using the topical formulations disclosed within this specification to treat either a susceptible or treatment-resistant strain of lice, as well as uses in the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing a lice infestation from a susceptible or treatment-resistant strain in a human patient.

Claim (Index 21):
A method for treatment or prophylaxis of a lice infestation, the method comprising:\n (a) applying a unit dose of between about 1 mL and about 100 mL of a topical pediculicidal formulation to a human scalp infested with lice; wherein the formulation comprises:\n about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight ivermectin; \n at least one suspending agent; \n a nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of sorbitan tristerate, erucyl alcohol, ricinolyl alcohol, arachidyl alcohol, capryl alcohol, capric alcohol, behenyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, palmitoleyl alcohol, linoleyl alcohol, elaidyl alcohol, elaidolinoleyl alcohol, glycerine, polydextrose,  quillaia , and combinations thereo \n a solubilizing agent selected from the group consisting of cetyl acetate, acetylated lanolin alcohol and combinations thereof; \n water, \n (b) maintaining the topical pediculicidal formulation on the scalp for about 1 to about 60 minutes to provide treated lice; and (c) removing the pediculicidal formulation from the scalp, wherein the treated lice have a faster mortality response than lice treated with unformulated 0.5% ivermectin.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5493
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13116547', '11871660', '11179719', '11351188', '10504262']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7431249835677572
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5542012971975787
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7242326149307394
- Mean Citation Score: 335.6699680000001
- Max Citation Score: 456.02414000000016
- Similarity Product: 310.29149762462146

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

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