PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15890724
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["428", "043000"]

Abstract:
The present invention describes an article for storage and delivery of a unit dosage form of a drug. The unit dosage form can be in the form of a thin-film or transdermal patch. The article can be used to facilitate removal of a unit dosage form of the therapeutic for those subjects having reduced dexterity.

Claim (Index 25):
A method of treating a condition, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a unit dosage form of a therapeutic, wherein the unit dosage form of the therapeutic is housed in an article for storage of the unit dosage form of the therapeutic, wherein the article for storage of the unit dosage form of the therapeutic is opened by the subject,\n wherein the opening of the article for storage of the unit dosage form of the therapeutic by the subject comprises:\n a) gripping a left-tab and a right-tab of the article by the subject, wherein the article comprises:\n i) a first flexible layer, wherein the first flexible layer comprises the right-tab and a backing layer; and \n ii) a second flexible layer, wherein the second flexible layer comprises the left-tab and a cover layer, \n \n wherein the right-tab and the left-tab are adjacent and fastened to each other along an axis, wherein the right-tab and the left-tab are in a common plane, and wherein the fastening of the axis is weakened with respect to the right-tab and the left-tab; and wherein the cover layer is overlaid on the backing layer to create an enclosure of a size to hold the unit dosage form of the therapeutic, wherein the cover layer and backing layer are sealed together along a perimeter of the enclosure, wherein a portion of the perimeter of the enclosure is adjacent to an end of the axis;\n b) pulling apart the left-tab and the right-tab so that the left-tab and right-tab are no longer adjacent to each other; \n c) peeling open at least part of the seal of the enclosure of the size to hold the unit dosage form of the therapeutic using the left-tab and the right-tab;\n wherein the peeling open of the enclosure provides an aperture that renders accessible the unit dosage form of the therapeutic to the subject; and \n \n d) removing the unit dosage form of the therapeutic by transferring the unit dosage form of the therapeutic through the aperture to the mouth of the subject.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65714
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14450318', '14000946', '13934990', '15357700', '14309569']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8741982519486325
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4986703811240977
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8366454648661791
- Mean Citation Score: 125.77668780000002
- Max Citation Score: 135.73401
- Similarity Product: 73.11355005329848

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

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