PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16043899
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["426", "578000"]

Abstract:
The invention provides a food and water thickener and a method for preparing the food and water thickener. The food thickener comprises pretreated mineral water, xanthan, food preservative, a first antimicrobial and chelating agent, and a sequestering agent, wherein the food thickener has a density of between 750 and 1250 grams per liter. The method for producing the thickener incorporates pretreatment of mineral water and xanthan, and specific heating steps. Also provided is method for producing thickened alcoholic beverages. The invention further provides a method for invoking a swallow response in dysphagic patients, the method comprising increasing the mass of food to between 750 mg per liter and 1500 mg per liter; and orally administering the food to dysphagic patients.

Claim (Index 18):
The method according to  claim 17 , said xanthan being added at a temperature of at least 95\u00b0 C.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14516
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13852662', '12596217', '14204420', '11135077', '13025864']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7220327895450095
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5681063312798668
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7066401437184953
- Mean Citation Score: 283.979338
- Max Citation Score: 449.39725
- Similarity Product: 345.99148925559217

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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