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Pet Care Patent Categorization Decision Tree A. Dashboard Scope? Y Is it related to Pet Foods? Note: Categories which are end points at multiple points in the tree are marked with (*) N N Top 4 companies Re-evaluate Yateen Y Y Find appropriate end point in tree Y N B. Selection of patent number Patent is a new invention If the newest patent is a new patent family member Y If it is US or EP or WO patent include the new member in dashboard Y N Then select for dashboard if, no member of the patent family is on the dashboard than add, the one representative member on the dashboard separately Y Find appropriate end point in tree N If it is from any other country, then check if the patent family member is already in the dashboard Y No analysis 1 If the food Composition contains any ingredients related to Vegetables, fruits, cereal, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, fats, minerals, fibers and omega 3 fatty acids etc, The scope of the dashboard is limited to pet food. Generic pet care applications e.g cat litter, or pet care cleaning etc are not of interest: Focus only on pet (cat or dog) food compositions, process of manufacture, method of use ,benefit areas, business methods, delivery, formulations and other categories on he mind-map Y N Classify in to Categories and sub categories according to mind map C. Composition Find appropriate end point in tree Y Vegetables Cereals Cabohydrates Fruits Y Proteins Fiber Fats Y Monosachharides Disachharides Polysachharides Generic Veg Animal protein protein Antioxidants Vitamins Vitamin A Vitamin B Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Generic Prebiotics Y Y Amino Peptides Veg fat Animal Omega Generic acids fat FA Others Enzymes Fructo Isomalto Inulins Others oligosachharides oligosachharides Minerals & salts Probiotics Bacteria Yeast Fungi Others Antiinflammatory agents Some food compositions have some beneficial compounds which will treat the pets with particular disease or for general well being Y D. Benefit Areas N Classify in to Categories Find appropriate end point in tree Y Gastro-intestinal Cardiac Immunity Weight Control Hepatic Dental Skeletal Brain Trainability Eye Urinary Performance Glycemia Skin/hair Coat Behavior/Mental Activity Longevity Hairball Other Diseases Pet food will be in different product forms ex: dry, wet, biscuits, dairy products etc Y Classify in to Categories and sub categories according to mind map E. Product form N Find appropriate end point in tree Y Y Y Dry Treats, Snack, Chew Dry kibbled food Biscuits Y Nutritional Supplements Wet Generic Canned foods Gravy/sauce Slurry Gel Generic Diary products Unspecified Renal If the food product is pleasing to the senses Classify in to Categories and sub categories according to mind map Y F. Sensory Attributes Palatability Taste Appearance Flavor N Texture Smell, odor Others The food product is designed to which species Y N Classify in to Categories G. Species Y Pets Human Y Cats Dogs Others Generic If the patent deals with the pets in general, with out the mention of any type of pet If the patent deals with the device Y H. Device Select the patent for dashboard N Find appropriate end point in tree The type of packaging article used Y I. Packaging N Classify in to Categories according to mind map Pouch Can Tray Bottle Bag Carton If the patent deals with the design of the device J. Design patents Y N Select the patent for dashboard Find appropriate end point in tree The processing of the pet food like extrusion and canning etc. K. Processing Y N Classify in to Categories and sub categories according to mind map Y Extrusion Canning/Retort Extruder device/kit Temperature Extrusion Others Generic L. Is it covered in one of the other logic strings? N Was there enough information to determine where this fits? Y N Not Enough Information Is it about pet food, other uses Y Miscellaneous N Y Is the document of interest now? Re-evaluate N Y Could it be of interest in the future? M. Is there enough information to make assessment? N N No Interest N, Data Clean-up Check and upload all claims and PDF Check for patent assignee information If. the patent is unassigned, then match up with proper assignee Y No Current Interest