PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15907057
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["514", "180000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are aqueous pharmaceutical compositions which provide sustained released delivery of corticosteroid compounds. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a soluble corticosteroid and at least one viscosity enhancing agent. Also provided are methods for using the pharmaceutical compositions in an epidural injection, intra-articular injection, or an intra-lesional injection.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for treating inflammation and/or pain in an individual in need thereof, comprising:\n injecting an aqueous pharmaceutical composition into the epidural space of the individual, wherein the aqueous pharmaceutical composition comprises: a soluble corticosteroid selected from the group consisting of soluble salts and esters of dexamethasone, and at least one viscosity enhancing agent,\n wherein the at least one viscosity enhancing agent is sodium hyaluronate or hyaluronic acid, the molecular weight of the at least one viscosity enhancing agent is between 1.0 MDa and 2.5 MDa, and the concentration of the at least one viscosity enhancing agent is between 1.0% w/v and 1.5% w/v; \n and wherein the aqueous pharmaceutical composition is substantially free of insoluble corticosteroids.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.275
- Patent Class: 514.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15545204', '14162625', '15043750', '15818089', '11828561']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7434494614508104
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6572229094795169
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.734826806253681
- Mean Citation Score: 362.791794
- Max Citation Score: 654.7074
- Similarity Product: 606.3395964901686

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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