PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16175031
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["424", "076210"]

Abstract:
A gel composition for air freshening or disinfecting, comprising a silicon alkoxide or colloidal silica, a volatile or gaseous fragrance and/or disinfectant, water, an acid or base catalyst, a water-soluble solvent, and optionally other volatile components and additives, and a method for preparing the same. The gel can be transparent or colored, has a homogeneous texture and a soft to rigid structure, and contains volatile or gaseous components from 0 vol % to 85 vol % for scented materials (fragrance and oils) and/or 0-8000 ppm of disinfectant, which are released at a steady rate under ambient conditions, controlled by the shape and opening of the gel container. Botanicals or plastic decorations may be added into the gel to improve its aesthetic appeal. The preparation method is easier and requires less energy consumption and the gel is used as an air freshener or disinfectant.

Claim (Index 36):
A method for preparing an air freshener or disinfectant gel composition that releases the air freshener or disinfectant at a steady rate over a period of at least one month to the surrounding environment, comprising:\n preparing a silica sol by performing one of the following: hydrolyzing at least one silica alkoxide by blending with water or an acidic or basic aqueous solution, preparing or obtaining a suspension of at least one colloidal silica, or a combination thereof; adding at least one water-soluble solvent to the silica sol to form a first homogeneous, clear solution; adding at least one volatile component to the first homogeneous, clear solution, and vigorously mixing to form a second homogeneous, clear solution, wherein the volatile component is selected from the group consisting of volatile fragrances, deodorizers, essential oils, insect repellants, deodorants, odor counteractants, disinfectants, and combinations thereof; adding a base aqueous solution to the second homogenous, clear solution to form a third homogeneous, clear solution; transferring the third, homogeneous clear solution to a container and sealing the container to prevent evaporative loss of the at least one volatile component; and facilitating condensation and solidification of the third homogenous, clear solution to form a gel in the container, whereby the gel has transparency demonstrable by transmittance of at least 80% of light at wavelengths of about 500 to 800 nm, and whereby the gel has elasticity demonstrable by allowing more than 25% compression without cracking.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64948
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13997795', '13422090', '14631969', '12793911', '15171629']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6551663695862107
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.591894989144885
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6488392315420781
- Mean Citation Score: 241.500498
- Max Citation Score: 507.16718
- Similarity Product: 423.7559548148727

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

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