PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16186742
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["210", "500270"]

Abstract:
Hierarchical porous membranes suitable for use in oil/water separation processes are provided. The membranes described herein are particularly well suited for separating trace amounts of water (e.g., no greater than 3 wt % water content, no greater than 1 wt % water content, or 50-1000 ppm water) from oil in droplets less than 1 um in size. The membranes have a wide range of applications, including deep seep oil exploration, oil purification, and oil spill cleanup.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 13 , wherein the pore former comprises poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), polyethylene glycol (PEG), or a mixture thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14303297', '13781601', '14213280', '14939953', '13159950']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8069632372896096
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5328228933781615
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7795492028984647
- Mean Citation Score: 258.1815
- Max Citation Score: 374.59952
- Similarity Product: 230.5534686213016

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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