PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16436520
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["482", "011000"]

Abstract:
A facial exercise apparatus for facial muscle and bone resistance training and method of use. The facial exercise apparatus includes one or more flexor arms and a mouthpiece stabilizer, each connected to a flexor head connector. The flexor arm(s) extend upward, downward, left or right from the flexor head connector, have contours to place the patient's lips, and provide a resistance force outward from the flexor head connector. In use, a patient places and bites down upon the mouthpiece stabilizer, places a portion of their lips along a contoured portion of one or more of the flexor arms, and pushes their lips toward the center of the flexor head connector against the resistance of the flexor arm(s). When done at regular intervals and increasing resistances, the apparatus can strengthen a patient's facial muscles and bone and reduce the cosmetic appearance of wrinkles on their face.

Claim (Index 1):
A facial exercise apparatus to perform resistance exercises for an at least one portion of a lip a patient, the apparatus comprising:\n an at least one flexor arm, said at least one flexor arm having an upper component contoured to surround the at least one portion of the lip of the patient, perpendicularly connected to a flexing component capable of providing an at least one level of resistance against the at least one lip portion; an at least one flexor head having a substantially cylindrical portion, a front end and rear end, said flexor head capable of receiving said at least one flexor arm on an at least one location along said substantially cylindrical portion of said at least one flexor head; and a mouthpiece stabilizer having a size and shape sufficient to secure said apparatus to said face of said patient when said patient bites down upon said mouthpiece stabilizer, said mouthpiece stabilizer capable of connecting to said flexor head at said rear end.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11392
- Patent Class: 482.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14952980', '14153785', '14231710', '12732047', '10370502']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6395915236440246
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4637181835355898
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6220041896331812
- Mean Citation Score: 156.78233
- Max Citation Score: 172.90283
- Similarity Product: 123.22726112568078

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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