PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16111091
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["128", "207180"]

Abstract:
A sleep apnea device with bleed for exhaling including a peripheral wall formed with an interior through passage formed with a proximally facing seat, bleed passages in the wall bypassing the seat and a ball to close against the seat.

Claim (Index 1):
A sleep apnea device for insertion in a patient's nasal vestibule and comprising:\n a wall forming an elongated housing for fitting in the nasal vestibule, having distal and proximal ends and formed with a through passage leading from an inlet for flow of air and an interior proximally facing valve seat; a ball for seating on the seat; and the wall including an open ended bleed passage leading from an inlet proximal of the seat to an outlet of the seat distal whereby, when inserted in the nasal vestibule, upon the patient exhaling the ball will engage the seat to block flow in the through passage and provide for air flow through the bleed passage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.35484
- Patent Class: 128.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14746357', '12884151', '11775841', '11298362', '12885366']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6832315735007256
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5169949927273807
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6666079154233912
- Mean Citation Score: 259.932324
- Max Citation Score: 368.88568
- Similarity Product: 290.7991475498104

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

Dataset: test