PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112270
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["285", "368000"]

Abstract:
A self-centering valve adapter connection assembly includes a first equipment flange that is connected to a second equipment flange with an adapter ring. The adapter ring includes a first longitudinal flange with a tapered inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface. The adapter ring aids in centering the first and second equipment flanges while smoothing a fluid flow corridor between the first equipment flange and the second equipment flange.

Claim (Index 13):
A valve adapter connection assembly comprising:\n an adapter ring, the adapter ring including an annular ring having an inner surface and an outer surface, a first longitudinal flange extending away from the annular ring proximate the inner surface and a second longitudinal flange extending away from the annular ring proximate the inner surface, the first longitudinal flange and the second longitudinal flange extending in opposite directions; and a gasket disposed adjacent the annular ring, wherein the first longitudinal flange includes an inner tapered surface and an outer cylindrical surface and the second longitudinal flange includes an inner tapered surface and an outer cylindrical surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84615
- Patent Class: 285.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14919342', '15099918', '10617099', '13025021', '11950305']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.768028747136336
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.3884003019058369
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7300659026132861
- Mean Citation Score: 173.80912800000004
- Max Citation Score: 282.6027
- Similarity Product: 267.060071656108

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

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