PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16286389
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["607", "046000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating a variety of conditions include treating a disorder associated with neural activity near a region of a brain. In such condition, the method includes placing an electrode to create a field near said region, creating said field with parameters selected to at least partially block neural activity within said field. For treating a tissue sensation, the method includes identifying a target area of tissue to be treated and placing an electrode to create a field near the target area, and creating the field with parameters selected to at least partially block neural activity within the target area. For treating a condition associated with neural activity of a spinal cord, the method includes placing an electrode to create a field near a nerve associated with the spinal cord, and creating the field with parameters selected to at least partially block neural activity within the nerve.

Claim (Index 11):
An apparatus for treating pain comprising:\n a) at least two bipolar electrodes and adapted to overlie a dorsal region of the spinal cord; and b) an implantable rechargeable controller that is electrically connected to the at least two bipolar electrodes and provides electrical signals having a frequency of at least 3,000 Hz to each of the two electrodes to form an electric field between the at least two bipolar electrodes that at least partially blocks transmission of pain signals along ascending pathways in the spinal cord.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.0
- Patent Class: 607.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12045394', '13731035', '13705021', '14992398', '13705045']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6387479502021933
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5469744089916979
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6295705960811439
- Mean Citation Score: 237.472982
- Max Citation Score: 407.84418
- Similarity Product: 267.1468234746194

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

Dataset: test