PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16132122
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["604", "330000"]

Abstract:
A menstrual cup and applicator for use in the vagina. The menstrual cup having a receptacle for holding fluid and having a stem device connected to the top of the cup and extending through the open cavity through the bottom of the cup. The stem is configured to actuate the side and rim of the cup to allow for easier insertion and removal of the cup. The applicator may have several components and is configured to grasp a folded cup and position the cup in a deployed position within the vagina. Additionally, the applicator is designed to aid in the removal of the menstrual cup.

Claim (Index 20):
A method of inserting a menstrual cup comprising:\n obtaining a menstrual cup; obtaining an applicator comprising: a cylindrical body having an outer wall and a contoured inner wall defining a conical cavity near a top portion thereof; at least two elongated paddles slidingly engaged with the cylindrical body and having a proximal end and a distal end wherein the elongated paddles are connected near the proximal end and separated at the distal end and wherein the proximal end of the paddles is configured to engage with the body of a menstrual cup; and an actuator mechanism having a distal end and a proximal end and configured to slidingly engage with the cylindrical body and the at least two paddles such that the actuator mechanism is concentrically disposed between the elongated paddles and interferingly engage with a menstrual cup near the top portion of the cylindrical body, wherein the actuator mechanism has\n an insertion and removal position such that the interfering engagement with the menstrual cup causes a folding of the cup by way of an axial displacement of the mechanism distal from the cup, and \n a deployed position wherein the actuator mechanism may release the engagement with the cup and the at least two paddles may be configured to concentrically cradle the cup as the paddles are slid in an upward motion to insert the cup; \n folding the menstrual cup into the applicator; and deploying the menstrual cup by way of the applicator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13933307', '15445658', '12152311', '15071929', '13840981']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7616871137628737
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4763348290381551
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7331518852904019
- Mean Citation Score: 174.84521
- Max Citation Score: 193.5539
- Similarity Product: 138.19209437152745

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

Dataset: test