PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16164431
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["514", "183000"]

Abstract:
The present invention pertains to the use for preventing or treating intestinal infections caused by gram-positive bacteria in animals of an antibacterial compound selected from lactylate in accordance with formula 1, R 2 —COO—[—CH(CH 3 )—COO] n —R 1    Formula  1   or a Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe(II), Zn, NH 4 , or Cu(II) salt thereof, a glycolylate of formula 2, R 2 —COO—[—CH 2 —COO] n —R 1    Formula  2    or a Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe(II), Zn, NH 4 , or Cu(II) salt thereof, a lactate ester of formula 3, HO—CH(CH 3 )—COO—R 2    Formula  3    and/or a glycolic acid ester of formula 4, HO—CH 2 —COO—R 2    Formula  4    wherein R1 is selected from H, n stands for an integer with a value of 1-10, and R2 stands for a C1-C35 alkyl or alkenyl chain which may be branched or unbranched. The compound, which preferably is a lactylate or a Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe(II), Zn, NH 4 , or Cu(II) salt thereof, is particularly useful in the treatment or prevention of  Clostridia . An animal nutrition composition and a method for preventing or treating infections are also claimed.

Claim (Index 33):
The method for preventing or treating intestinal infections caused by gram-positive bacteria in animals according to  claim 22 , wherein the antibacterial compound is a lactylate of formula 1 or a Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe(II), Zn, NH 4 , or Cu(II) salt thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52
- Patent Class: 514.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14390877', '14131216', '14044546', '15562105', '15032427']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7485293254110115
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.541936261563535
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7278700190262638
- Mean Citation Score: 272.044878
- Max Citation Score: 363.52594
- Similarity Product: 251.4630633646417

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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