PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16273935
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["606", "021000"]

Abstract:
Methods and devices for treating nasal airways are provided. Such devices and methods may improve airflow through an internal and/or external nasal valve, and comprise the use of mechanical re-shaping, energy application and other treatments to modify the shape, structure, and/or air flow characteristics of an internal nasal valve, an external nasal valve or other nasal airways.

Claim (Index 29):
The device of  claim 21 , wherein the treatment element further comprises an inflatable balloon.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13495879', '15696905', '14963719', '15272007', '14754087']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8574453232798455
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5182224034488747
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8235230312967484
- Mean Citation Score: 454.96470200000016
- Max Citation Score: 464.67978
- Similarity Product: 204.44974048136828

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

Dataset: test