PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16242662
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["422", "020000"]

Abstract:
A portion of a treatment device for treating bacteria may be coupled with the bacteria through direct or indirect contact. Mechanical stress energy and electromagnetic energy are generated with the treatment device, and are transmitted from the treatment device to the bacteria during the coupling. The bacteria are treated with both the mechanical stress energy and the electromagnetic energy to produce a killing effect on the bacteria. A treatment device may include a mechanical stress energy emitting portion, an electromagnetic energy emitting portion, and a contacting portion for coupling into direct or indirect contact with the bacteria and transmitting mechanical stress energy to the bacteria during the coupling. The mechanical stress energy emitting portion and the electromagnetic energy emitting portion are operable to treat the bacteria with a combination of mechanical stress energy and electromagnetic energy to produce a killing effect on the bacteria.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for treating bacteria, the method comprising:\n coupling a portion of a treatment device with the bacteria through direct or indirect contact; generating ultrasound with the treatment device; generating electromagnetic energy with the treatment device; transmitting the ultrasound and the electromagnetic energy from the treatment device to the bacteria during the coupling with the bacteria; and treating the bacteria with both the ultrasound and the electromagnetic energy generated by the treatment device to produce a killing effect on the bacteria, wherein the electromagnetic energy is transmitted with a first wavelength greater than or equal to 400 nm and less than or equal to 450 nm, or the electromagnetic energy is transmitted with a second wavelength greater than or equal to 500 nm and less than or equal to 660 nm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.04
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15483117', '14665074', '11730005', '11710616', '12642021']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7977385743531311
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5330411204568595
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.771268828963504
- Mean Citation Score: 254.980664
- Max Citation Score: 396.6694
- Similarity Product: 334.63925679190163

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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