PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15893031
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "041000"]

Abstract:
Methods and devices for treating nasal airways are provided. Such devices and methods may improve airflow through an internal and/or external nasal valve, and comprise the use of mechanical re-shaping, energy application and other treatments to modify the shape, structure, and/or air flow characteristics of an internal nasal valve, an external nasal valve or other nasal airways.

Claim (Index 12):
The device of  claim 1 , wherein the force control member comprises a force transducer coupled with the treatment element, and wherein the device further comprises a radiofrequency source coupled with the device and configured to receive force measurements from the force transducer and only provide radiofrequency energy to the at least two bipolar, radiofrequency electrodes when the minimum amount of force is applied.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15175651', '15696905', '13495879', '14963719', '14737196']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8427649937700716
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5573718516692536
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8142256795599899
- Mean Citation Score: 461.176002
- Max Citation Score: 495.35382
- Similarity Product: 398.7950524315023

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

Dataset: test