PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15936295
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["236", "09300A"]

Abstract:
A multifunctional restrictive valve for controlling the flow of water therethrough. The valve has a main body with a flow channel through the main body. The main body receives water upstream thereof through an inlet port and passes it out through an outlet port at the downstream end of the body. A flow control assembly is located in the flow channel and includes a temperature sensor/actuator acting on a piston to move, when the temperature sensor heats up the piston, to block water flow control ports. The flow control assembly also includes an override feature wherein the piston is located within a slide and the flow control ports are located in the slide. By moving the slide away from the piston when the piston is blocking the flow control ports, the temperature sensor and piston may be overridden and flow may resume through the main body.

Claim (Index 22):
A valve for controlling a flow of water, the valve comprising:\n a main body including a channel extending through the main body, the channel configured to receive water at an inlet port and pass water to an outlet port; and a flow control assembly disposed in the cha el, the flow control assembly including:\n a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of water flowing through the channel; \n a flow control member configured to control a flow of water in the channel responsive to the temperature sensor, the flow control member movable between a first position and a second position, wherein when the flow control member is in the first position the flow control member is configured to allow the flow of water through the channel as a function of the temperature sensor, wherein when the flow control member is in the second position the flow of water is restricted from flowing in the channel; and \n a rotatable member configured to move the flow control member between the first position and the second position upon rotation of the rotatable member, wherein the rotatable member is configured to be securely set.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21429
- Patent Class: 236.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13857705', '15478065', '15082950', '12966471', '12807719']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7559368073849214
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.493427346398684
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7296858612862976
- Mean Citation Score: 275.24756
- Max Citation Score: 283.38745
- Similarity Product: 261.5559348903954

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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