PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977763
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["623", "023700"]

Abstract:
A ureteral stent comprises an internal portion, which comprises a first polymer, and an external portion, which comprises a second polymer. The external portion surrounds the internal portion and has a plurality of radial projections that extend along the length of the ureteral stent. The second polymer has a Shore D hardness of 20-40 Shore D. The first polymer has a Shore D hardness that is at least 10 units greater than the Shore D hardness of the second polymer.

Claim (Index 21):
The ureteral stent of  claim 1 , wherein the external portion comprises 6 radial projections,\n the first polymer has a hardness of 40 Shore D, the second polymer has a hardness of 25 Shore D, the first polymer and the second polymer comprise polyether block amides, the radial projections are substantially normal to the external portion, and the ureteral stent is sterile.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15011281', '12698487', '10406876', '13559224', '11052099']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8053323915900272
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5732430510202717
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7821234575330517
- Mean Citation Score: 331.7046400000001
- Max Citation Score: 477.63623
- Similarity Product: 467.44517501756553

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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