PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15869562
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["251", "011000"]

Abstract:
A micro electrical mechanical system (MEMS) valve is provided. The MEMS valve includes first and second bodies, a medium and a thermal element. The first body defines a first channel and a second channel intersecting the first channel. The second body defines a third channel and is movable within the first channel between first and second positions. When the second body is at the first positions, the second and third channels align and permit flow through the second and third channels. When the second body is at the second positions, the second and third channels misalign and inhibit flow through the second channel. The medium is charged into the first channel at opposite sides of the second body. The thermal element is proximate to the first channel and is operable to cause the medium to drive movements of the second body to the first or the second positions.

Claim (Index 1):
A micro electrical mechanical system (MEMS) valve, comprising:\n a first body defining a first channel and a second channel intersecting the first channel; a second body comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising a third channel having a first gauge, the second portion comprising a fourth channel having a second gauge larger than the first gauge, and the second body movably disposed within the first channel to move between:\n first positions with the second and third channels aligned to permit flow through the second and third channels at a first flow rate; \n second positions with the second and fourth channels aligned to permit flow through the second and fourth channels at a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate; and \n third positions with the second channel misaligned to the third and fourth channels to inhibit flow through the second channel; \n a medium charged into the first channel at opposite sides of the second body; and a thermal element proximate to the first channel and operable to adjust relative temperatures and pressures of the medium at the opposite sides of the second body to drive movements of the second body thereof to the first or the second positions.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.98148
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15869648', '12142791', '12142792', '13706396', '12142790']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7070179405379111
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4802853398568347
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6843446804698036
- Mean Citation Score: 158.986148
- Max Citation Score: 253.7032
- Similarity Product: 183.8031143945694

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

Dataset: test