PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15987956
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["523", "334000"]

Abstract:
Methods to make a silica and carbon black elastomer composite with a destabilized dispersion that includes silica are described, along with particle reinforced elastomer composites made from the methods. The advantages achieved with the methods are further described.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of producing a silica elastomer composite, comprising:\n (a) providing a continuous flow under pressure of at least one first fluid containing dispersed particles and comprising a destabilized dispersion of silica, and a continuous flow of at least a second fluid comprising elastomer latex; (b) providing volumetric flow of the first fluid relative to that of the second fluid to yield a silica content of about 15 phr to about 180 phr in the silica elastomer composite; (c) combining the first fluid flow and the second fluid flow with a sufficiently energetic impact to distribute the silica within the elastomer latex to obtain a flow of a solid silica-containing continuous rubber phase or semi-solid silica-containing continuous rubber phase; and (d) recovering said solid or semi-solid silica-containing continuous rubber phase that is the silica elastomer composite, wherein said at least one first fluid is provided as:\n i) two streams comprising a dispersion comprising carbon black and a destabilized dispersion comprising silica; or \n ii) a single stream comprising a dispersion comprising carbon black and a destabilized dispersion comprising silica; or \n iii) a single stream of destabilized dispersion comprising silica and carbon black, \n further comprising, subjecting one or more said dispersion(s) to at least one mechanical processing step, wherein said mechanical processing step comprises grinding, milling, comminution, bashing, or high shear fluid processing, or any combinations thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 82.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.32258
- Patent Class: 523.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15600017', '15935505', '15599899', '15600076', '13820332']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8075549606208035
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6133510991829149
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7881345744770146
- Mean Citation Score: 445.0284960000001
- Max Citation Score: 544.4259999999998
- Similarity Product: 538.5687499905823

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

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