PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16124764
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["562", "559000"]

Abstract:
An object of the invention is to provide a simple method for producing methionine and/or 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid at a high yield using 3-(methylthio)propionaldehyde as a raw material. An oxide catalyst containing cerium, 3-(methylthio)propionaldehyde, a compound containing cyanide ion, ammonia or a compound containing ammonium ion, and water are contacted with each other to produce methionine and/or 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid.

Claim (Index 3):
The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the compound containing cyanide ion is hydrogen cyanide.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6
- Patent Class: 562.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15514039', '13402032', '13128927', '14671435', '13402041']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7218212315533877
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5129119341621332
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7009303018142623
- Mean Citation Score: 218.776236
- Max Citation Score: 281.53204
- Similarity Product: 212.8904888956308

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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