PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16164431
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["514", "183000"]

Abstract:
The present invention pertains to the use for preventing or treating intestinal infections caused by gram-positive bacteria in animals of an antibacterial compound selected from lactylate in accordance with formula 1, R 2 —COO—[—CH(CH 3 )—COO] n —R 1    Formula  1   or a Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe(II), Zn, NH 4 , or Cu(II) salt thereof, a glycolylate of formula 2, R 2 —COO—[—CH 2 —COO] n —R 1    Formula  2    or a Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe(II), Zn, NH 4 , or Cu(II) salt thereof, a lactate ester of formula 3, HO—CH(CH 3 )—COO—R 2    Formula  3    and/or a glycolic acid ester of formula 4, HO—CH 2 —COO—R 2    Formula  4    wherein R1 is selected from H, n stands for an integer with a value of 1-10, and R2 stands for a C1-C35 alkyl or alkenyl chain which may be branched or unbranched. The compound, which preferably is a lactylate or a Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe(II), Zn, NH 4 , or Cu(II) salt thereof, is particularly useful in the treatment or prevention of  Clostridia . An animal nutrition composition and a method for preventing or treating infections are also claimed.

Claim (Index 22):
A method for preventing or treating intestinal infections caused by gram-positive bacteria in animals comprising feeding the animal with an effective amount of an antimicrobial compound in combination with one or more coccidostatic components, wherein the antimicrobial compound is selected from a lactylate in accordance with formula 1, wherein\n Formula 1 comprises R2\u2014COO\u2014[\u2014CH(CH 3 )\u2014COO] n \u2014R1 or a Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe(II), Zn, NH 4 , or Cu(II) salt thereof, a glycolylate of formula 2, wherein\n Formula 2: comprises R2\u2014COO\u2014[\u2014CH2\u2014COO] n \u2014R1 or a Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe(II), Zn, NH 4 , or Cu(II) salt thereof \n a lactate ester of formula 3, wherein\n Formula 3: comprises HO\u2014CH(CH 3 )\u2014COO\u2014R2 and/or a glycolic acid ester of formula 4, wherein \n Formula 4: comprises HO\u2014CH2\u2014COO\u2014R2, and \n wherein in the above formulae R1 is selected from H, n stands for an integer with a value of 1-10, and R2 stands for a C1-C35 alkyl or alkenyl chain which may be branched or unbranched.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52
- Patent Class: 514.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14390877', '14131216', '14044546', '15562105', '15032427']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7254473930561383
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.539600036337507
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7068626573842751
- Mean Citation Score: 272.044878
- Max Citation Score: 363.52594
- Similarity Product: 254.47549906233547

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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