PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16399155
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["435", "135000"]

Abstract:
Provided herein are methods for generating cellular biomass in continuous aerobic fermentation systems. The biomass yield, and the concentration of polyhydroxyalkanoate within the biomass, are each directed to advantageous levels by operating the continuous fermentation system under particular nutrient limitation conditions. Also provided are biomass produced using the provided methods, and animal feed compositions including the provided biomass.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for producing a biomass in a continuous fermentation system, the method comprising:\n providing an organism belonging to a genus selected from the group consisting of  Cupriavidus  and  Ralstonia;  culturing a population of the organism in the fermentation system; independently controlling the concentration of each of one or more selected limiting nutrients in at least one reactor of the fermentation system, wherein the selected limiting nutrients comprise nitrogen, phosphorous, or a combination thereof; and operating the fermentation system under continuous fermentation conditions comprising a nitrogen concentration between 1 mM and 5 mM in at least one reactor of the fermentation system and/or a phosphorous concentration between 0.2 mM and 1 mM in the at least one reactor; and maintaining a population biomass production rate of at least 0.5 g/L/h in the at least one reactor, wherein the population biomass comprises between 5 wt % and 25 wt % polyhydroxyalkanoate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.45455
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13303856', '13306920', '13715430', '15788482', '13802622']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4817552744954076
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5138071575667298
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4849604628025399
- Mean Citation Score: 198.802226
- Max Citation Score: 233.58746
- Similarity Product: 138.63502496221065

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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