PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16342162
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["073", "04050R"]

Abstract:
A method of estimating characteristics of new leaks that have formed in an isolated section of a water distribution system that is supplied through a pressure reducing valve is provided. The pressure reducing valve is used to vary the pressure in the isolated section of the system to at least two different pressure settings during a minimum night flow period at which the measured pressure and flow rate into the system are taken at each pressure setting. The leak characteristics are estimated by subtracting an estimated user consumption from the measured flow rate in each instance. The same measurements are repeated one or more days later. The estimated leak characteristics derived on a later date are compared with those derived on an earlier date to establish a difference in the estimated leak characteristics to determine if there is a new leak or leaks in the isolated section of the system.

Claim (Index 6):
The method as claimed in  claim 5 , in which basic characteristics of a particular isolated section of water distribution system are maintained on the data base so that such basic characteristics are available for consideration when interpreting the difference between estimated leak characteristics with a view to establishing a preponderance of type of new leak or leaks.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98718
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11766288', '13138279', '13980142', '12266025', '12242741']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6976447955630168
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4875801843392771
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6766383344406428
- Mean Citation Score: 133.423002
- Max Citation Score: 136.97218
- Similarity Product: 87.41045080786587

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

Dataset: test