PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971369
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["525", "437000"]

Abstract:
A novel thermoplastic material including polylactic acid (PLA) and calcium hydroxide is provided, the material having an elevated glass transition temperature (T g ). Methods of making this novel material, and articles of manufacture made from it are also provided.

Claim (Index 38):
The thermoplastic material of  claim 1 , wherein the material biodegrades more rapidly than an otherwise substantially identical polymer that does not contain the alkaline earth metal hydroxide.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.27027
- Patent Class: 525.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10453318', '11132991', '12502556', '14128332', '13357442']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7777410829133761
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.457002865857553
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7456672612077938
- Mean Citation Score: 173.8926
- Max Citation Score: 180.77058
- Similarity Product: 140.58125156193137

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

Dataset: test