PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16280782
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["414", "810000"]

Abstract:
Reusable, flexible, lightweight, low cost flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) for the delivery of granular proppant material for fracing that will allow the transport of higher weights of proppant, such as sand, per truck load. The invention includes a container made of a high strength, flexible material with a top opening for loading and deploying the proppant. The container can be lifted and deployed with a fork truck or crane. Alternatively, proprietary deployment systems, such as a conveyor system, can be used to quickly and efficiently deploy the proppant from the container at a desired site.

Claim (Index 21):
A method of loading, transporting, and deploying a granular material, the method comprising the steps:\n providing a flexible container comprising a base, four walls, and a top having an opening, wherein said base, four walls, and top form and surround an internal space of said flexible container; filling said flexible container with a dry bulk cargo material via said opening; securing said flexible container and transporting said flexible container from a loading site to a deployment site; transferring said flexible container about said deployment site by lifting said flexible container about a first set of lifting loops and a second set of lifting loops, where said first and second sets of lifting loops are located against exterior faces of said four walls; rotating said flexible container such that said dry bulk cargo material is deployed at said deployment site from said flexible container; and reusing said flexible container.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 42.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.6087
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15118621', '14188226', '15044872', '14958223', '14943111']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8369495421023601
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4810944824807304
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8013640361401971
- Mean Citation Score: 194.707958
- Max Citation Score: 215.25688
- Similarity Product: 156.15567421275142

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

Dataset: test