PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15959853
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["604", "021000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for use in iontophoretic anesthesia of a tympanic membrane are disclosed. The system generally includes an earplug and an electrode device. The earplug includes at least one sealing member for sealing the earplug in an ear canal. The sealing member includes microholes which vent fluid above a certain pressure threshold. A headset may connect the earplug to a second earplug. The method involves using the system on a human or animal subject.

Claim (Index 25):
The apparatus of  claim 24 , wherein the temperature-dependent adhesive forms an engagement with the surface of the ear canal in response to an increase in temperature of the adhesive by contact with an area including the ear canal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60784
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14464884', '12650469', '13798635', '12510217', '15154496']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.873580737219158
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5724960800782285
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8434722715050651
- Mean Citation Score: 529.650768
- Max Citation Score: 590.99054
- Similarity Product: 378.98449286589033

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

Dataset: test