PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036919
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["424", "443000"]

Abstract:
The present application relates to a method for desensitization of allergic patients. More specifically it relates to an epicutaneous desensitization method, applicable to any type of allergens and of patients. The method of the invention is essentially non-invasive and does not require the use of adjuvants. Further, it may be easily applied and monitored by the actual patient.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for epicutaneous desensitization of a subject allergic to egg, the method comprising:\n a) determining a dose of an egg allergen which causes a local inflammatory reaction on the skin of the subject upon epicutaneous application thereof; b) epicutaneously exposing the subject to the egg allergen and generating the local inflammatory reaction in the subject by applying said dose of the egg allergen, without an adjuvant, onto an intact region of skin of the subject; and c) repeatedly applying the egg allergen, without an adjuvant, to an intact region of the skin of the subject, at a dose, frequency or for an application time adapted to sustain a local inflammatory reaction, the exposure and sustained reaction leading to desensitization of the subject; wherein the egg allergen is applied by a cutaneous occlusive device configured to ensure contact between the allergen and the region of skin, and wherein said dose of egg allergen is comprised between 0.1 and 1,000 \u03bcg/cm 2  of a surface area of the device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48837
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12745870', '12628077', '13413565', '14111208', '12572599']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6702128135770237
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5806151479173524
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6612530470110566
- Mean Citation Score: 311.24378599999994
- Max Citation Score: 520.3116
- Similarity Product: 399.9108067258358

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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