PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15896663
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["482", "079000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for treating inflammatory symptoms associated with plantar fasciitis in a foot. The method involves stretching gastrocnemius and soleus muscles associated with the foot by placing the sole of the foot on an inclined ramp surface and cooling at least one portion of the sole of the foot. The method may further involve providing localized pressure to at least one portion of the plantar fascia, and to a portion of the foot below the toes, to cause dorsiflexion thereof.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for treating inflammatory symptoms associated with plantar fasciitis in a foot, the method comprising:\n (a) stretching a gastreocnemius muscle and a soleus muscle associated with the foot by placing the sole of the foot on an inclined ramp surface; and (b) cooling at least one portion of the sole of the foot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73077
- Patent Class: 482.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15034381', '14791389', '14150159', '13768408', '12984093']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6525478215697281
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4842900325189027
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6357220426646456
- Mean Citation Score: 188.550634
- Max Citation Score: 288.60062
- Similarity Product: 257.5935945096433

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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