PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15873282
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["427", "002240"]

Abstract:
A balloon coating method and a balloon coating apparatus are disclosed for forming a coating layer containing a water-insoluble drug on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter. The balloon coating method including fixing a connection portion between the balloon and an inner tube passing through an inside of the balloon, and moving a dispensing tube relative to the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon while rotating the balloon about an axis of the balloon and while also dispensing the coating liquid containing the water-insoluble drug from the dispensing tube to apply the coating liquid to the outer surface of the balloon.

Claim (Index 5):
The balloon coating method according to  claim 4 , wherein each of the at least two clamping portions possesses a tapered outer surface, the at least two clamping portions being positioned in a holder possessing a tapered inner surface, and the clamping of the connection portion with the at least two clamping portions comprising relatively moving the holder and the at least two clamping portions so that the tapered outer surfaces of the at least two clamping portions contact and move along the tapered inner surface of the holder to cause the at least two clamping portions to move inwardly towards the connection portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15136397', '15136269', '15136435', '15789592', '15282087']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8192997750979196
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5577486162130053
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7931446592094282
- Mean Citation Score: 328.10385
- Max Citation Score: 421.96228
- Similarity Product: 381.72846698436746

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

Dataset: test