PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16016250
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["514", "279000"]

Abstract:
The disclosure provides sustained-release buprenorphine formulations that produce therapeutic plasma concentration levels of buprenorphine in patients to treat opioid use disorder.

Claim (Index 20):
A method of treating opioid use disorder in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising the steps, in order, of:\n (i) subcutaneously administering a first buprenorphine composition to the patient once per month for two months; wherein the first buprenorphine composition comprises about 300 mg buprenorphine free base, a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) copolymer, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone; and thereafter: (ii) subcutaneously administering a second buprenorphine composition to the patient once per month for at least one month; wherein the second buprenorphine composition comprises about 100 mg buprenorphine free base, a poly(lactide-co glycolide) copolymer, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone; and thereafter: (iii) detecting illicit opioid use, opioid craving, or opioid withdrawal symptoms in the patient; and thereafter (iv) subcutaneously administering a third buprenorphine composition to the patient once per month for at least one month; wherein the third buprenorphine composition comprises about 300 mg buprenorphine free base, a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) copolymer, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 110.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.04762
- Patent Class: 514.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15623191', '13836134', '15857507', '14610818', '15334000']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7855814184011228
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5192490704789295
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7589481836089036
- Mean Citation Score: 302.2236400000001
- Max Citation Score: 315.9235
- Similarity Product: 245.77678835067155

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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