PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16222350
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["264", "205000"]

Abstract:
Compositions and blends of biopolymers and bio-acceptable polymers are described, along with the use of benign solvent systems to prepare biocompatible scaffolds and surgically implantable devices for use in supporting and facilitating the repair of soft tissue injuries.

Claim (Index 6):
An implantable biopolymer scaffold for supporting the repair of a soft tissue injury comprising at least one biopolymer sheet comprising biopolymer fibers,\n wherein the biopolymer fibers comprise:\n about 10 to 100% by weight of collagen, and \n optionally about 0 to 90% by weight of a bio-acceptable polymer selected from the group consisting of PDLA, PDLLA, PLGA and mixtures thereof; and \n wherein the biopolymer scaffold has one or more of the following characteristics:\n (i) an average porosity of about 50 to 150 microns as determined by mercury porosimetry; \n (ii) an absorbance of about its weight in blood in about 5 min and an absorbance of about twice its weight in blood in about 20 minutes when measured in vitro; \n (iii) an average fiber diameter in the range of about 150-4,500 nm; \n (iv) substantial in vivo cell infiltration into the scaffold within about two weeks following implantation; and \n (v) average configuration of the pores is substantially in the shape of a slit relative to other configurations including elliptical or random pore configurations.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.21212
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16152963', '12806912', '12583072', '15242711', '16077051']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7907274038685432
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5406471095578205
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.765719374437471
- Mean Citation Score: 298.0378560000001
- Max Citation Score: 394.2639
- Similarity Product: 265.7946022718668

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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