PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15949170
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["427", "002240"]

Abstract:
A method of forming a coated medical device is described in which a coating including a therapeutic agent dispersed in a polymer or oligomer matrix is applied to an outer surface of the medical device. The coating is then post-processed to selectively remove a substantial portion of the polymer or oligomer matrix from the coating. The post-processed coating is then sterilized.

Claim (Index 35):
The method of  claim 33 , wherein the polymer has a molecular weight below 20,000 Daltons.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72973
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13926515', '15264802', '14454345', '14254160', '12712134']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7863488218612702
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5327443916075543
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7609883788358986
- Mean Citation Score: 217.99016
- Max Citation Score: 331.81833
- Similarity Product: 264.1688464528799

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

Dataset: test