PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16254330
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["204", "157440"]

Abstract:
A process for converting light alkanes from a natural gas production stream to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons is provided. The method includes transporting the natural gas stream to an electron beam reactor, such as a steel flow-type radiation reactor connected hermetically to an accelerator beam window. The gas stream is exposed to electron beam radiation to generate an upgraded and substantially liquefied hydrocarbon stream. The method then includes transporting the substantially liquefied hydrocarbon stream into a scrubber to remove non-condensed gases. The remaining liquid hydrocarbon stream is then transported as condensate to a distillation tower, where high octane products are separated through fractionation.

Claim (Index 1):
A process for converting a gas stream comprising primarily a mixture of light alkanes into a high-octane liquid stream, comprising: transporting the gas stream to a reactor at a gas processing facility; introducing the gas stream into a reactor whereupon components of the gas stream are exposed to electron beam radiation within the reactor to increase the molecular weight of hydrocarbons in the gas stream, thereby producing an upgraded radiolysis fluid stream; transporting the radiolysis fluid stream into a separator; re-circulating the first stream back into an inlet of the reactor for additional irradiation and upgrading; and transporting the liquid stream off-site for further processing or for commercial sale.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 204.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14921817', '14591850', '13157584', '13173847', '14789946']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7602626349078971
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5304883578386973
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7372852072009772
- Mean Citation Score: 244.484552
- Max Citation Score: 364.04974
- Similarity Product: 339.46887641274446

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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