PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015891
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["356", "612000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems for efficient and accurate inspection of tubular goods are disclosed. Inner and outer diameter measurements of a tubular good along the entire length are obtained using laser or other light measurement systems. Discrete sections of a tubular good can be identified. For each section, at least one measurement of an outer diameter of an outside surface of the discrete section, and at least one measurement of an inner diameter of an inside surface of the discrete section are obtained. In addition, a geometric center coordinate for each discrete section of the tubular good is obtained. The measurements defining the outside surface, inside surface, and geometric center in association with the longitudinal position of each discrete section are recorded.

Claim (Index 11):
A system for inspecting a tubular good, the system comprising:\n an outer housing comprising at least one outer sensor; an inner housing comprising at least one inner sensor; and a control circuit coupled to the at least one outer sensor and the at least one inner sensor, wherein the control circuit is configured to:\n select a cross-section of the tubular good transecting a longitudinal axis of the tubular good; \n while the outer housing is at a first position, determine a longitudinal position of the outer housing along the longitudinal axis of the tubular good; \n while the outer housing is at the first position, determine a circumferential position of the outer housing about a circumference of the cross-section; \n while the inner housing is at a second position, different from the first position, determine a longitudinal position of the inner housing along the longitudinal axis of the tubular good; \n while the inner housing is at the second position, determine a circumferential position of the inner housing about the circumference of the cross-section; \n select a plurality of diametric sections in discrete positions around the circumference of the cross-section of the tubular good; \n determine an outer diameter of the plurality of diametric sections based on an output of the at least one outer sensor; \n determine an inner diameter of the plurality of diametric sections based on an output of the at least one inner sensor; and \n determine a geometric center of the cross-section of the tubular good.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 68.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12903
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15648225', '12137341', '10548731', '15108629', '13952341']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6784509737013964
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5404499924676878
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6646508755780255
- Mean Citation Score: 189.99447400000005
- Max Citation Score: 385.6861
- Similarity Product: 335.88599191312784

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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