PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934837
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["436", "501000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to methods for providing prognosis, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in a subject, including a sports-related concussion. The invention further relates to assessing the severity of brain damage resulting from mTBI in a subject, including in a subject who has not undergone a CT scan following the injury. For example, the methods of the invention can be used to determine the suitability for someone who has suffered a sports-related injury to return to play that sport. This invention also relates to methods of predicting risk for developing brain damage and long-term dysfunction in a subject having suffered mTBI.

Claim (Index 41):
The method of  claim 37 , wherein said method further comprises the steps of measuring the level of tau in the sample compared to a standard, and the severity assessment for the subject is based on the SNTF and tau levels relative to their respective standards, wherein elevated levels of SNTF, tau, or both relative to their respective standards indicate an elevated risk of long-term neurological dysfunction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 109.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87302
- Patent Class: 436.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14537642', '15391755', '14871232', '15802489', '15570982']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6723393455879877
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5779427419865253
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6628996852278415
- Mean Citation Score: 366.4781059999999
- Max Citation Score: 620.06616
- Similarity Product: 371.1652650265216

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

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