PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16017643
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["426", "548000"]

Abstract:
A method for making a granulated  Stevia  sweetener is described. The resulting sweetener has a desirably high solubility level.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for producing a sweetener comprising the steps of:\n A) providing a  Stevia  sweetener powder; B) reducing the particle size of the  Stevia  sweetener powder to a particle size of between about 20 to 60 \u03bcm; C) treating the  Stevia  sweetener powder under reduced pressure of between about 0 mbar to 100 mbar and an elevated temperature of between about 90-130\u00b0 C.; D) cooling down the treated  Stevia  sweetener powder to a low temperature of about 25\u00b0 C.; and E) holding the cooled  Stevia  sweetener powder at the low temperature to obtain a high solubility  Stevia  sweetener powder with an increased solubility of at least about 30 g per 100 g of water; and F) introducing the high solubility  Stevia  sweetener powder to a roll compaction apparatus to produce a compacted material; introducing the compacted material to a size reducing apparatus to obtain a granule mixture; and fractionating the granule mixture to obtain a granulated  Stevia  sweetener having a particle size ranging from 0.425 mm to 2 mm and having a dissolution rate at least about 8.6% greater than a dissolution rate of the high solubility  Stevia  powder.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.16667
- Patent Class: 426.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13509552', '14938362', '13016545', '13049840', '12786427']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7642150222456581
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6224123982875747
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7500347598498498
- Mean Citation Score: 397.976146
- Max Citation Score: 558.7872
- Similarity Product: 552.7827712778093

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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