PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16039031
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["435", "007100"]

Abstract:
The invention provides for a proteomic approach for identification of specific bacterial protein profiles that may be used in the development of methods for the diagnosis of bacterial chronic sinusitis. The invention provides for methods for determining the presence of pathogenic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract of a subject using protein profiles of the pathogenic bacteria. The invention also provides for methods of diagnosing a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract of a subject using protein profiles of a pathogenic bacteria. In addition, the invention provides for devices, immunoassays and kits for identifying pathogenic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract.

Claim (Index 65):
The immunoassay method of  claim 59 , wherein obtaining the sample of secretions from the respiratory tract of the subject comprises inserting the collection device, wherein the collection device comprises a swab.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15404681', '14124470', '13005166', '14593401', '13059185']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5973024807745038
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6284782197922235
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6004200546762758
- Mean Citation Score: 384.849298
- Max Citation Score: 672.95966
- Similarity Product: 499.5212517043507

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

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