PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16149549
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["429", "301000"]

Abstract:
Representative embodiments provide a liquid or gel separator utilized to separate and space apart first and second conductors or electrodes of an energy storage device, such as a battery or a supercapacitor. A representative liquid or gel separator comprises a plurality of particles, typically having a size (in any dimension) between about 0.5 to about 50 microns; a first, ionic liquid electrolyte; and a polymer. In another representative embodiment, the plurality of particles comprise diatoms, diatomaceous frustules, and/or diatomaceous fragments or remains. Another representative embodiment further comprises a second electrolyte different from the first electrolyte; the plurality of particles are comprised of silicate glass; the first and second electrolytes comprise zinc tetrafluoroborate salt in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidalzolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid; and the polymer comprises polyvinyl alcohol (“PVA”) or polyvinylidene fluoride (“PVFD”). Additional components, such as additional electrolytes and solvents, may also be included.

Claim (Index 15):
A liquid or gel separator for separating and spacing apart at least two conductors, the liquid or gel separator comprising:\n a plurality particles comprising silicate glass having a size between 5 microns to 15 microns and present in an amount between 40 to 75 percent of the total weight of the separator, wherein substantially all of the plurality of silicate glass particles are arranged as a monolayer; an ionic liquid as a first electrolyte, the ionic liquid comprising 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium; a second electrolyte comprising zinc tetrafluoroborate salt, the first and second electrolytes present in an amount between 15 to 45 percent of the total weight of the separator; a polymer present in an amount between 0.5 to 15 percent of the total weight of the separator and comprising polyvinyl alcohol (\u201cPVA\u201d) or polyvinylidene fluoride (\u201cPVFD\u201d); and at least a trace amount of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85714
- Patent Class: 429.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14829243', '14831659', '14832054', '15926896', '15917498']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9134106353790196
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6464408325313937
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.886713655094257
- Mean Citation Score: 536.909864
- Max Citation Score: 632.2605599999998
- Similarity Product: 618.9006898877906

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

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