PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15898308
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["252", "638000"]

Abstract:
A method of forming a water resistant boundary on a fissile material for use in a water cooled nuclear reactor is described. The method comprises coating the fissile material, such as a pellet of U 3 Si 2  and/or the grain boundaries, to a desired thickness with a suitable coating material, such as atomic layer deposition or a thermal spray process. The coating material may be any non-reactive material with a solubility at least as low as that of UO 2 . Exemplary coating materials include ZrSiO 4 , FeCrAl, Cr, Zr, Al—Cr, CrAl, ZrO 2 , CeO 2 , TiO 2 , SiO 2 , UO 2 , ZrB 2 , Na 2 O—B 2 O 3 —SiO 2 —Al 2 O 3  glass, Al 2 O 3 , Cr 2 O 3 , carbon, and SiC, and combinations thereof. The water resistant layer may be overlayed with a burnable absorber layer, such as ZrB 2  or B 2 O 3 —SiO 2  glass.

Claim (Index 14):
The method recited in  claim 1  further comprising a layer of burnable absorbers over the water resistant layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05682
- Patent Class: 252.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15706972', '12871146', '14787986', '13847009', '10956506']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8004332789965238
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5075817252271327
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7711481236195847
- Mean Citation Score: 210.75412000000003
- Max Citation Score: 228.82047000000003
- Similarity Product: 123.65810724812869

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

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