PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15946286
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["435", "100000"]

Abstract:
Provided herein are methods for processing biomass materials that are disposed in one or more structures or carriers, e.g., a bag, a shell, a net, a membrane, a mesh or any combination of these. Containing the material in this manner allows it to be readily added or removed at any point and in any sequence during processing.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of providing a sugar to a microorganism, the method comprising:\n a. providing a liquid medium, a microorganism, a sugar, and a structure or carrier, wherein the structure or carrier possesses one or more pores configured to allow the passage of the sugar into and out of the structure or carrier; b. combining the liquid medium, microorganism, sugar, and structure or carrier to form a combination, wherein the microorganism or the sugar is disposed within the structure or carrier; and c. maintaining the combination under conditions that allow the sugar to move out of and into the structure or carrier, and to come in contact with the microorganism; thereby providing the sugar to the microorganism.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41304
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14016461', '15596658', '14016484', '14016481', '13554392']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5636860654956476
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5228903783106551
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5596064967771484
- Mean Citation Score: 265.13526800000005
- Max Citation Score: 314.8375200000001
- Similarity Product: 217.92094362250336

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

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