PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16259868
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["426", "042000"]

Abstract:
A concentrate, system and low-temperature process for preparing a shelf-stable milk concentrate that does not require ultra-high temperature thermal processing for control of the microbiology of the product is disclosed herein. The method preferably incorporates aseptic technology and the enzymatic reduction of lactose to control water activity. The method preferably includes the enzymatic conversion of the lactose in the milk to its component sugars glucose and galactose, which preferably changes the colligative properties of the concentrate, decreases the amount of free water, and reduces the osmolarity.

Claim (Index 28):
A method for preparing a shelf-stable milk concentrate, the method comprising:\n heating a milk concentrate at 72-125\u00b0 C. for 0.0001 to 5 minutes; adding a lactase enzyme to a milk concentrate to hydrolyze the milk concentrate into a hydrolyzed milk concentrate comprising glucose and galactose, whereby the final product is a hydrolyzed, heat-treated milk concentrate; adding anhydrous sugar in an amount ranging from 1 to 50 weight percent of the hydrolyzed milk concentrate; adding at least one of stabilizers, salt, and flavorings; further concentrating the hydrolyzed, heat-treated milk concentrate by low temperature vacuum evaporation, addition of non-fat dry milk solids, or a combination thereof to create a concentrated milk product with a water activity of 0.80-0.90, wherein thermal exposure of a milk concentrate to ultra-high temperatures (UHTs) is avoided; and packaging the concentrated milk product in an aseptic container using an aseptic filling machine, wherein the concentrated milk product is a liquid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60345
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14513069', '12666569', '13264247', '11821446', '10790643']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7347091610034054
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5361833557975778
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7148565804828227
- Mean Citation Score: 253.685556
- Max Citation Score: 378.77823
- Similarity Product: 271.2473264430142

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

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