PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16132728
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["424", "464000"]

Abstract:
A soluble fiber lozenge provided herein includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and one or more additives dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. In some cases, a soluble fiber lozenge provided herein includes at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. In some cases, soluble fiber in soluble fiber lozenge provided herein can include maltodextrin. The soluble fiber lozenge is adapted to release one or more additives from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of a consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making soluble fiber lozenges provided herein includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, one or more additives, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 200° C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of soluble fiber lozenges. In some cases, the ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.

Claim (Index 17):
The lozenge of  claim 2 , wherein\n the body is configured to dissolve when the body is exposed to saliva, and the additive is configured to be released from the body as the body dissolves.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 60.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.41333
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14505988', '14506003', '14506093', '14506002', '15142048']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7900862460332607
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5335031862017325
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.764427940050108
- Mean Citation Score: 357.858484
- Max Citation Score: 368.77637
- Similarity Product: 283.0462107698965

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

Dataset: test