PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15769183
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["165", "047000"]

Abstract:
Described herein is an apparatus and method for avoiding frost and ice buildup in and on vent pipes that transport a stream of gas from the inside to the outside of a building. The apparatus and method comprise a heat-conducting path that extracts heat energy from the stream of gas exiting the vent pipe, and transfers this energy to the frost and ice condensing surfaces at or near the terminus of the vent pipe. The heat-conducting path comprises a heat pipe. In one embodiment the heat-conducting path further comprises a heat exchanger. The passive transfer of heat energy via the heat-conducting path, from the stream of gas to the condensing surfaces of the vent pipe, avoids frost and ice buildup in or around the terminus of the vent pipe.

Claim (Index 7):
The heat-conducting path of  claim 6  wherein the second heat exchanger is disposed on the heat pipe.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36207
- Patent Class: 165.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15837695', '13863379', '11432192', '13068029', '13687836']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8567649534641878
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4946679114349193
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.820555249261261
- Mean Citation Score: 194.876574
- Max Citation Score: 196.5453
- Similarity Product: 118.19356064679624

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

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