PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927756
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "131000"]

Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments of method and apparatus are provided for resurfacing of skin that includes formation of a plurality of small holes, e.g., having widths less than about 1 mm or 0.5 mm. For example, such small holes can be produced using a mechanical apparatus that includes one or more abrading elements provided at the end of one or more rotating shafts, thus avoiding generation of thermal damage as occurs with conventional laser resurfacing procedures and devices. The holes thus formed can be well-tolerated by the skin, and may exhibit shorter healing times and less swelling than conventional resurfacing procedures. The fractional surface coverage of the holes can be between about 0.1 and 0.7, or between about 0.2 and 0.5. The method and apparatus can produce cosmetic improvements in the skin appearance by eliciting a healing response.

Claim (Index 24):
The method of  claim 23 , wherein the width of each hole is less than about 1.0 mm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.77108
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13982070', '15393001', '15250882', '13982121', '15253525']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7970940239197442
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4959110338608946
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7669757249138591
- Mean Citation Score: 225.117024
- Max Citation Score: 326.28668
- Similarity Product: 247.2346801101923

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

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