PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16179540
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["424", "434000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for a free-standing biodegradable patch suitable for medical applications, especially nasal applications are provided, wherein the patch comprises a free-standing film containing at least one therapeutic agent selected from corticosteroids, antihistamines, monoclonal antibodies, leukotriene receptor antagonists, anti-inflammatory cytokines, vasoconstrictive agents, and any combination thereof. The patch may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within a vessel or tissue, and thereafter may be activated to adhere to vessel wall or tissue, and release the therapeutic content in a sustained fashion. The patch may be micronized and administered in a powdered form.

Claim (Index 24):
The kit of  claim 21 , wherein the delivery device comprises an airbrush-like dispenser, the airbrush-like dispenser comprising:\n a hollow elongated member having a dispensing tip and an air inlet; a cartridge in communication with the hollow elongated member and configured to house the micronized biocompatible film, the cartridge configured to selectively introduce the micronized biocompatible film into the hollow elongated member; a source of pressurized air in fluidic communication with the air inlet; and a trigger configured to be actuated by a user, such that upon actuation of the trigger, pressured air is introduced into the hollow elongated member via the air inlet to transfer the micronized biocompatible film to the nasal cavity of the subject via the dispensing tip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57143
- Patent Class: 424.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15266934', '15656918', '14943953', '14054653', '14788417']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7892674911278937
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5361113569634381
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7639518777114481
- Mean Citation Score: 302.250804
- Max Citation Score: 309.57013
- Similarity Product: 181.33887278381644

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

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