PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15943369
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["424", "401000"]

Abstract:
A method for repairing an injury of cartilage in a patient by local administration of a zinc or manganese agent or use of an implantable device for delivery of an a zinc or manganese agent. Implantable devices containing a zinc or manganese agent and methods of making these implantable devices are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 34):
The implantable device of  claim 32 , wherein said zinc compound is an organic acid zinc salt selected from the group consisting of zinc acetate, zinc formate, zinc propionate, zinc gluconate, bis(maltolato)zinc, zinc acexamate, zinc aspartate, bis(maltolato)zinc(II) [Zn(ma)2], bis(2-hydroxypyridine-N-oxido)zinc(II) [Zn(hpo)2], bis(allixinato)Zn(II) [Zn(alx)2], bis(6-methylpicolinato)Zn(II) [Zn(6mpa)2], bis(aspirinato)zinc(II), bis(pyrrole-2-carboxylato)zinc [Zn(pc)2], bis(alpha-furonic acidato)zinc [Zn(fa)2], bis(thiophene-2-carboxylato)zinc [Zn(tc)2], bis(thiophene-2-acetato)zinc [Zn(ta)2], (N-acetyl-L-cysteinato)Zn(II) [Zn(nac)], zinc(II)/poly(\u03b3-glutamic acid) [Zn(\u03b3-pga)], bis(pyrrolidine-N-dithiocarbamate)zinc(II) [Zn(pdc) 2 ], zinc(II) L-lactate [Zn(lac) 2 ], zinc(II) D-(2)-quinic acid [Zn(qui) 2 ], bis(1,6-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-5-methoxy-2-pentyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-4-thionato)zinc(II) [Zn(tanm)2], \u03b2-alanyl-L-histidinato zinc(II) (AHZ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 110.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14469549', '15010332', '14130830', '13522075', '13992927']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7647989782924842
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5051602230045587
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7388351027636917
- Mean Citation Score: 226.564132
- Max Citation Score: 274.06284
- Similarity Product: 199.78958116348744

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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