PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15965758
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["530", "502000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides for a method to depolymerize a lignin comprising: (a) mixing a lignin, a chelator, and FeCl 3  to produce a first solution, (b) optionally incubating the solution for a first suitable period of time, (c) introducing an oxidizing agent to the first solution to produce a second solution, and (d) optionally incubating the solution for a second suitable period of time; such that at least one aromatic ring of one lignin polymer is opened.

Claim (Index 18):
A mixture of depolymerized lignin produced by the method of  claim 1 .

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88
- Patent Class: 530.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10360052', '10807834', '13603125', '15225524', '15225307']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6590168179511293
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.492194234409956
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.642334559597012
- Mean Citation Score: 153.853172
- Max Citation Score: 180.85161
- Similarity Product: 116.7144584377706

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