PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15876337
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["349", "016000"]

Abstract:
This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable aperture insert into a lens. A liquid crystal layer may be used to provide a variable aperture function and in some examples. In other examples, electrochromic, photochromic, liquid meniscus or electroactive elastomeric devices may form a light blocking element of a variable aperture insert. In some examples, an ophthalmic lens is cast-molded from a silicone hydrogel including a variable aperture insert.

Claim (Index 1):
A contact lens device with a variable aperture insert positioned within at least a portion of an optical zone of the contact lens device, wherein the variable aperture insert comprises:\n a curved front optic piece and a curved intermediate optic piece, wherein the back surface of the front optic piece and the front surface of the intermediate optic piece are configured to bound at least a portion of a first chamber; a curved back optic piece and a curved intermediate optic piece, wherein the front surface of the back optic piece and the back surface of the intermediate optic piece are configured to bound at least a portion of a second chamber; an energy source embedded in the variable aperture insert in at least a region comprising a non-optical zone; a layer containing liquid crystal material positioned within the first chamber, wherein the layer includes regions of liquid crystal material; and wherein the variable aperture insert adjusts a depth of field of the contact lens device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54902
- Patent Class: 349.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14487931', '15165121', '15165111', '14487888', '14487798']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.803378618191025
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4523223032759923
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7682729866995217
- Mean Citation Score: 176.30252599999997
- Max Citation Score: 177.58961000000005
- Similarity Product: 164.60828043878442

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

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