PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15940189
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["210", "291000"]

Abstract:
An underdrain apparatus and a method for manufacturing such apparatus are provided. The underdrain apparatus can be extruded in long sections as a unitary part. The underdrain apparatus may be extruded in various sizes, shapes, and materials. Further, the underdrain apparatus may include a passageway for transporting water to and from the filter media and/or air to the filter media. In some embodiments, apertures are formed in the underdrain apparatus during an extrusion process to provide a path between the passageway and the filter media.

Claim (Index 9):
An underdrain apparatus comprising: a trapezoidal cover member that includes: a first generally planar surface; a second generally planar surface adjacent at least a first side of the first generally planar surface; a third generally planar surface adjacent to at least a second side of the first generally planar surface, wherein a plurality of orifices extends through at least one of said first, second and third generally planar surfaces; wherein an angle formed between the first generally planar surface and the second generally planar surface, and an angle formed between the first generally planar surfaces and the third generally planar surface are obtuse angles; and a substantially cylindrical body connected to said second generally planar surface, and that is not connected to said first generally planar surface, said substantially cylindrical body comprising a water transport member that has apertures through a lower-most half of the substantially cylindrical body; and wherein the underdrain apparatus is jointless, extends substantially the length of a filter media supported thereby and has a longitudinal length of at least 10 feet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80769
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15589079', '15072934', '14290726', '09303306', '10926280']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8207793534681549
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5612140299174718
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7948228211130866
- Mean Citation Score: 365.487692
- Max Citation Score: 439.02475
- Similarity Product: 425.389801261425

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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