PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934979
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["251", "315140"]

Abstract:
The inventive concept discloses a completely integral ball valve manufactured by an injection molding process. The device comprises a valve core, a valve housing, a valve control handle, and inlet/outlet flow pipes, all forming an integral structure. The valve core is the primary component of the ball valve, and is comprised of a spherical enclosure, a valve ball, left and right leakage seal rings, a spherical enclosure cap, a valve stem affixed to the valve ball, and a valve handle. The valve core, valve housing, and left and right intake/outflow pipes are integrally assembled by injection molding. The injection molding process gives the ball valve higher flexion strength and greater durability as compared to the typical sweat soldering process. Precisely dimensioned mold sections ensure the accuracy of dimensions, fittings, and tolerances of the ball valve components during the injection molding. Primary materials used are polypropylene and high-density polyethylene

Claim (Index 7):
An integral ball valve as in  claim 6  wherein the valve stem is constructed of steel, the spherical enclosure, valve ball, and spherical enclosure cap are constructed of polypropylene, and the valve housing is constructed of polyethylene.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12658
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14120005', '14540833', '11047183', '13986765', '10141361']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7074920444044269
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4758104947411442
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6843238894380987
- Mean Citation Score: 171.790356
- Max Citation Score: 175.32027
- Similarity Product: 116.08393226896403

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

Dataset: test