PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16418504
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["342", "124000"]

Abstract:
For determining the topology of a bulk material surface, a series of echo curves are detected in different primary radiation directions of the antenna. In the process, the primary radiation direction of the antenna is changed in such a way that all of the generated echo curves of the series of echo curves can be used for determining the topology of the bulk material surface. As a result, the measurement time can be reduced.

Claim (Index 16):
A measurement device for determining a topology of a surface of a bulk material stored in a container, comprising:\n an antenna arrangement configured to emit a transmission signal in a primary radiation direction of the antenna arrangement and to receive the transmission signal reflected at least on the surface of the bulk material; an echo curve generating unit configured to generate an echo curve, which corresponds to the signal strength of the reflected transmission signal over a distance measurement range of the measurement device, from the transmission signal which is reflected and received by the antenna arrangement; a positioning device configured to change the primary radiation direction of the antenna arrangement, in such a way that a series of echo curves are generated in different primary radiation directions; and a 4-20 mA communications interface configured to connect to a 4-20 mA two-wire line; wherein the measurement device is configured to be supplied with power only via the 4-20 mA communications interface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95122
- Patent Class: 342.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14781225', '14276536', '15308119', '15117654', '15118301']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5539368653008114
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5131397150588413
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5498571502766144
- Mean Citation Score: 254.106582
- Max Citation Score: 342.00833
- Similarity Product: 338.55067988135386

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