PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15765820
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["585", "417000"]

Abstract:
Non-oxidative direct methane conversion (NDMC) to value-added products, such as H 2 , C 2  hydrocarbons, and aromatics, occurs within a reactor heated to an elevated temperature. The reactor can have a first volume, where a feed gas including methane is provided, separated from a second volume, where a sweep gas is provided, by a dense thin film membrane supported on a porous wall. The thin film membrane is a mixed ionic-electronic permeable membrane that allows H2 generated in the first volume to be transported to the second volume for removal by (or reaction with) the sweep gas. A catalyst can be provided in or adjacent to the first volume. For example, the catalyst can be a metal doped quartz material (e.g., Fe(c)SiO 2 ) or a metal/zeolite material (e.g., Mo/ZSM5). Methane conversion and/or product selectivity in the reactor can be manipulated by control of gas flow rates, reaction temperatures, and/or feed and sweep gas compositions.

Claim (Index 32):
The method of  claim 30 ,\n wherein the first volume is the interior of the inner support tube, and the membrane is disposed on an outer surface of the inner support tube, and at least a portion of the interior of the inner support tube is packed with the catalyst.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96809
- Patent Class: 585.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15179478', '15027918', '14591850', '12996687', '14789917']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7279185227216146
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5140763018594456
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7065343006353977
- Mean Citation Score: 238.850318
- Max Citation Score: 246.00415
- Similarity Product: 145.6201329356581

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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