PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15904735
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "424000"]

Abstract:
Methods, devices, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for performing mammography, such as utilizing tomosynthesis in combination with breast biopsy.

Claim (Index 42):
A method for needle localization for breast biopsy, the method comprising:\n compressing the breast between a support plate and a compression paddle, wherein the breast is disposed between an x-ray source and an x-ray receptor; providing a biopsy stage comprising a biopsy needle; positioning the biopsy stage proximate the breast; performing an imaging scan of the breast using the x-ray source that moves through a plurality of potential imaging positions along a source trajectory, and emitting an x-ray from the x-ray source at a non-interfered imaging position of the plurality of potential imaging positions, wherein at the non-interfered imaging position, the biopsy stage is disposed so as to not form a shadow in the area of interest; obtaining image data at the x-ray receptor from the imaging scan; and displaying the position of the biopsy needle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.09524
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11707587', '14021624', '13703647', '12715591', '14693863']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4761322684612011
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5571452243818333
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4842335640532643
- Mean Citation Score: 344.666224
- Max Citation Score: 448.70273
- Similarity Product: 363.1307089415955

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

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