PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882848
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["251", "129040"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention include devices and methods for detecting water loss and consumption from commercial and residential commodes. In one aspect, the device comprises a valve for water control. The water flow control device includes: (i) an inlet in fluid communication with a flow sensor, (ii) a shut-off assembly located downstream of and in fluid communication with the flow sensor, (iii) a controller configured to receive input from the flow sensor and configured to send a signal to the shut-off assembly, and (iv) an outlet located downstream of and in fluid communication with the shut-off assembly.

Claim (Index 9):
The water flow control device according to  claim 5 , wherein when the retainer arms are in the second position the interaction of the retainer balls and the radial undercuts of the valve stem is released and the valve stem is pulled upward to close the valve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11871300', '12036479', '11548862', '13121836', '14333162']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7534760044333845
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4695031226152757
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7250787162515736
- Mean Citation Score: 187.42842
- Max Citation Score: 200.35573
- Similarity Product: 140.14531507841588

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

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