PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934112
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["601", "003000"]

Abstract:
The methods and apparatus disclosed herein can be used to treat glaucoma of the eye. The methods and apparatus can be configured to apply energy to the sclera, cornea, and/or other regions of the eye in order to shrink collagenous tissue near Schlemm's canal. Juxtacanalicular treatment of the sclera and/or cornea adjacent Schlemm's canal can be used to dilate Schlemm's canal, collector channels, and/or the Trabecular Meshwork. The methods and apparatus can be configured to apply energy to the sclera to generate scleral vacuoles in the sclera to improve uveoscleral outflow.

Claim (Index 31):
The method of  claim 30 , wherein the first annular treatment pattern and the second annular treatment pattern are configured to open an angle of the eye by an amount within a range from 1 to 3 degrees.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 110.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.125
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13644769', '12587375', '11874179', '13157180', '11083713']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7152578837939095
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5074682240540588
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6944789178199244
- Mean Citation Score: 276.77281400000004
- Max Citation Score: 283.3403600000001
- Similarity Product: 177.16711737549073

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

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