PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16415271
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["415", "200000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a transfer pump having a pump base with a pump chamber, tangential discharge and an outlet in the top surface of the pump base. A riser tube extends from the outlet and terminates at a launder in order to move molten metal out of a vessel with relatively little turbulence.

Claim (Index 1):
A pump configured to be positioned in a vessel that contains molten metal, the pump comprising:\n (a) a pump base having a pump chamber, wherein the pump base comprises a top surface, and an output port; (b) a riser tube having (i) a passage therethrough, (ii) a proximal end having an opening in communication with the passage, the proximal end being connected to the output port, and (iii) a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the distal end has an opening in communication with the passage, the distal end having an opening; (c) a superstructure above the pump base, the superstructure configured to support the riser tube; and (d) a launder having (i) a first end juxtaposed the riser tube, (ii) an open top, and (iii) a bottom having a launder opening; wherein the distal end of the riser tube is positioned in the launder opening, and terminates at or above the bottom surface of the launder.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41026
- Patent Class: 415.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16030547', '13841938', '15902444', '13802040', '13841594']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7709441042883384
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5004089348381199
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7438905873433166
- Mean Citation Score: 357.911456
- Max Citation Score: 386.65494
- Similarity Product: 376.93340256431577

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

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