PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16399246
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["261", "114400"]

Abstract:
A vapor-liquid contact tray apparatus includes a tray having a plurality of apertures for passage of fluid through the tray. The apertures are arranged in a first group of three adjacent rows extending substantially parallel to a main liquid flow path of the tray. Apertures of the middle row are offset along the main liquid flow path on the tray from adjacent apertures of the other two rows to form a triangular pattern of adjacent apertures across the three adjacent rows. The apertures have a length and a width, each length is oriented substantially parallel to its row and each width is oriented substantially perpendicular to its row. Centers of adjacent apertures within each row are separated by a first spacing which is equal to or between 2.5 and 4.5 times the average length of the apertures in that row. Adjacent rows are separated by a second spacing which is equal to or between 1.5 and 2.5 times the average width of the apertures of the adjacent rows.

Claim (Index 19):
The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the height of the cover with respect to the tray deck is variable depending upon vapor flow rate through the support-area-aeration aperture, liquid level on the tray, or both vapor flow rate through the support-area-aeration aperture and liquid level on the tray.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36486
- Patent Class: 261.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10544744', '14927890', '16003447', '11142957', '11488531']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6891413886804779
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4980889803717101
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6700361478496012
- Mean Citation Score: 193.966146
- Max Citation Score: 202.77423
- Similarity Product: 128.185287484442

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