PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15749479
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["427", "002100"]

Abstract:
In various embodiments, a transcutaneous needle electrode and uses thereof are provided. In certain embodiments the needle electrodes comprise a plurality of electrically conductive needles, where the needles are solid, or where the needles are hollow and have a closed tip, where the needles have an average tip diameter less than about 10 μm and an average length greater than about 20-50 μm wherein the electrically conductive needles are electrically coupled to one or more electrical leads.

Claim (Index 3):
A method of fabricating a needle electrode for transcutaneous neural stimulation, said electrode comprising a plurality of electrically conductive needles, wherein said needles are solid, or wherein said needles are hollow and have a closed tip, wherein said needles having an average tip diameter less than about 10 \u03bcm and an average length greater than about 10 \u03bcm or greater than about 20 \u03bcm wherein said electrically conductive needles are electrically coupled to one or more electrical leads, said method comprising:\n metal stamping said needle array.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72917
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15506699', '14775618', '11532028', '13595039', '13873030']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8056740430778913
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5204944282078072
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7771560815908829
- Mean Citation Score: 237.36149400000005
- Max Citation Score: 305.7139
- Similarity Product: 205.14124396569733

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

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