PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16160494
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["424", "423000"]

Abstract:
A multi-step method of making a mammalian subcutaneous medical implant or non-implant for releasing self-contained drugs on a controlled basis over at least a 3 day period includes depositing at least portions of one or more individual layers of the implant by at least one computer controlled 3-D printer. The 3-D printing method may be accomplished via an array of 3-D nozzles that deposit materials (such as plastics, thermoplastics, coating materials, drug-containing matrix materials, non-drug containing matrix materials, bonding materials, biodegradable materials and/or the like) in very small, precise portions. The materials may be deposited in liquid, powder, sheet or other forms. Non-implant forms may also be provided by the techniques disclosed herein.

Claim (Index 5):
The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of non-implants further comprise at least a substantially biodegradable coating that at least partially surrounds said matrix.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56098
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15583579', '15233632', '14429496', '14822686', '14015530']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7203559071434893
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5260319060439337
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7009235070335337
- Mean Citation Score: 266.57236800000004
- Max Citation Score: 309.01477
- Similarity Product: 216.63695439992424

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

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