PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15741560
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["073", "061750"]

Abstract:
A turbidity measurement device for measuring turbidity of a fluid flowing in a flow tube. A first transducer transmits ultrasonic signals through the fluid in the turbidity measurement section so as to provide a first ultrasonic standing wave between the first and second section ends. A receiver transducer receives the ultrasonic scattered response from particles in the fluid flowing through the turbidity measurement section. A control circuit operates the transducers and generates a signal indicative of the turbidity of the fluid in response to signals received from the receiver transducer. Preferably, the device may comprise a second transducer for generating a second ultrasonic standing wave with the same frequency, and further the two transducers may be used to generate a measure of flow rate by means of known ultrasonic techniques. This flow rate may be used in the calculation of a measure of turbidity. Both turbidity facilities and flow rate facilities may be integrated in a consumption meter, such as a heat meter or a water meter.

Claim (Index 18):
Device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the receiver transducer is arranged in an opening in a wall of the flow tube, such as the receiver transducer being arranged with a receiver surface retracted behind a surface covering said opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32895
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10423630', '10502698', '10795980', '10477711', '14997810']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7277166478031952
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4961604233473649
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7045610253576122
- Mean Citation Score: 208.062054
- Max Citation Score: 217.83131
- Similarity Product: 145.19461151911497

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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