PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16226062
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["206", "530000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide drug packaging and methods for producing drug packaging which can be sealed at room temperature and/or without the need for elevated temperatures above room temperature. Many embodiments provide drug packaging comprising pierceable tubing having a capsule shape (also referred to herein as a pierceable capsule and/or pierceable drug capsule) containing a solid drug such as a drug pellet and methods for producing pierceable drug capsules which can be sealed at room temperature. Embodiments are particularly useful for the packaging and delivery of drugs used in implantable drug delivery devices as well as packaging of drugs that are easily thermally degraded.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for fabricating a packaging for medication, the method comprising:\n sliding a first larger diameter tube, over a first open end of a second smaller diameter tube, the first larger diameter tube having a covered end and an open opposite end, the second smaller diameter tube having an enlarged covered end opposite the first open end, each tube having (i) a lumen, the lumen of either the first larger diameter tube or the second smaller diameter tube including a dose of medication, and (ii) a covering over their respective covered ends comprising a pierceable material, the pierceable material forming a bond with at least one of the covered end or the enlarged covered end during a bonding process; wherein the bonding process utilizes a compliant material in conjunction with a compressive force to create the bond; and advancing the first larger diameter tube over the enlarged covered end of the second smaller diameter tube to join and create a hermetic seal between the first larger diameter tube and the second smaller diameter tube by an interference fit between the tubes, wherein the hermetic seal is created by the interference fit alone without a need for elevated temperature to form the hermetic seal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83333
- Patent Class: 206.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15883471', '15392822', '14732647', '13645344', '13138764']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7604796803014263
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5538610299607454
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7398178152673582
- Mean Citation Score: 275.67296
- Max Citation Score: 410.67462
- Similarity Product: 403.9458310107064

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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