PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16197723
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["236", "00100B"]

Abstract:
An air distribution apparatus that serves as a single sensing device for both lighting, LiFi, and HVAC functions that are operable on a single platform by building automation systems. The building automation system may be controllable by a single software system or network accessible locally on site or remotely off site. The air distribution apparatus can operate in a single zone or coupled with multiple like apparatuses for multi-zone operation. It is a high turndown, self-balancing system which allows for continuous commissioning with built-in fault diagnostic systems and that may be used as a supply, return, or exhaust system, or a combination thereof. The air distribution apparatus includes multi-stage airflow control systems that operate progressively based on unique actuation mechanisms and/or algorithms that allow for precise flow control and feedback to self-balance and commission the system.

Claim (Index 1):
A variable fluid volume device, comprising:\n a housing having housing dimensions; and a low fluid flow (LFF) device that measures and controls a flow of a fluid through the housing, wherein the LFF device comprises:\n a damper device that, when closed, prevents the fluid from flowing through the housing and, when open, provides an aperture through which the fluid in the housing flows, wherein the aperture has configurable aperture dimensions that are configured based on a state of the damper device, and wherein the damper device operates as an orifice plate that facilitates measuring the flow based on a flow profile that is determined as a function of the housing dimensions and the configurable aperture dimensions; and \n a control device configured to control the state of the damper device based on a pressure measurement.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65169
- Patent Class: 236.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16017335', '15225482', '15338166', '15146447', '14330941']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7778671377589104
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5458677719033257
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.754667201173352
- Mean Citation Score: 362.291886
- Max Citation Score: 387.44995
- Similarity Product: 283.8154086152583

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

Dataset: test