PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15958611
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["426", "615000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an edible 3D printer filament that incorporates an active ingredient such as an oil (e,g, cannabis) extract for taste, odor or medicinal benefit, and which is capable of retaining this benefit despite the repeated thermal extrusion involved in 3D printing. The filament is made by mixing the active ingredient extraction with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), starch, and super disintegrant, and spray drying the result to a powderized form. The powderized water soluble polymer with active ingredient is mixed with excipient ingredients including a plasticizer, colored/dyed arabic gum, a gelling agent, fillers, flour, a binding or thickening agent (which also gives the benefit of being a stabilizer), a lubricant, and a preservative, and is heated. The result is hot melt extruded into a filament with a diameter of 1.75 mm or 3 mm. When printed, the thermoplastic has good strength, stiffness, and physical properties, and can be 3D-printed in any shape.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 8 , wherein said step of hot-melt extruding said edible thermoplastic comprises extruding through a die having a 3 mm diameter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7037
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11371167', '14123490', '15420918', '13967182', '12506165']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7325673311200496
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4999546717700938
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.709306065185054
- Mean Citation Score: 168.823606
- Max Citation Score: 176.54373
- Similarity Product: 105.33930000298976

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

Dataset: test