PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16122748
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["261", "018100"]

Abstract:
An artificial flame apparatus produces a simulated flame using a plume of mist that is illuminated around, about, and through an artificial wick. A mist may be produced by a transducer, such as an ultrasonic transducer that is in contact with liquid from a liquid reservoir. The rate of mist exiting the housing may be modulated to produce a more realistic looking artificial flame. A light source is configured to illuminate the mist and/or the artificial wick. The artificial wick may be in the shape of a wick or flame and may include a light source. One or more light sources may be configured as the artificial wick. The light intensity, color and rate of change of light may be modulated to produce a more realistic looking artificial flame. A standing wave tube may vary the rate of mist exiting one or more enclosure openings in the tube enclosure.

Claim (Index 1):
An artificial flame apparatus comprising:\n a) a housing; b) a liquid reservoir within said housing and containing a liquid; c) an artificial wick extending from said housing; d) a transducer having a transducer surface;\n wherein said liquid from the liquid reservoir contacts the transducer surface to produce a mist; \n e) a controller configured to generate a modulation signal, wherein the modulation signal is configured to drive the transducer to create said mist from said liquid in contact with the transducer surface; f) a housing opening in the housing that is proximal to the artificial wick; wherein said mist exits the housing through said housing opening and around said artificial wick; g) a light source configured to illuminate said mist exiting the housing;\n wherein the illuminated mist appears as an artificial flame.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36765
- Patent Class: 261.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15179706', '14541523', '15231554', '12677918', '13167042']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.656793648987393
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5154050310362007
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6426547871922739
- Mean Citation Score: 217.083176
- Max Citation Score: 336.0527
- Similarity Product: 259.15084299075613

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

Dataset: test