PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937506
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["208", "014000"]

Abstract:
A demulsifying agent comprising at least one maleic acid derivative may be added to a hydrocarbon stream in an effective amount where the hydrocarbon stream includes a plurality of solids that are less than 0.45 microns in size. The demulsifying agent may be added to the hydrocarbon stream at a location that is upstream from a desalter. The demulsifying agent may water-wet at least a portion of the solids for subsequent separation of the solids from the hydrocarbon stream.

Claim (Index 6):
The method of  claim 5 , further comprising mixing at least a portion of the water-wet solids into the water phase of the emulsion after separating at least a portion of the water-wet solids from the hydrocarbon fluid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78261
- Patent Class: 208.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14889478', '14467110', '12305639', '12727577', '13008667']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7228115244342818
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5118839144747653
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7017187634383302
- Mean Citation Score: 241.34766
- Max Citation Score: 261.12375
- Similarity Product: 200.8866056370736

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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