PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919502
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["138", "042000"]

Abstract:
A device for restricting liquid backflow through an overhead line on a tank and a method of using the device are provided. The device has a tubular housing with spaced internal baffle plates. The device is secured in place in the interior of an overhead pipe on the top of a tank on a tank truck or other vehicle used for transporting bulk liquid cargo. The device prevents liquid backflow from entering overhead piping due to sloshing action of the liquid during transport. The device allows air to flow through the device so that air may be supplied to the tank, as well as vented from the tank, through the device.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of restricting liquid backflow through an overhead line on a tank secured to a transport vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:\n providing a device configured to removably secure the device in a fixed position within an interior of a pipe, said device comprising a tubular housing and a plurality of baffle plates disposed within an interior of the housing, wherein each baffle plate has at least one aperture therethrough; and installing the device within an interior of a pipe connected to a top side of a tank and in fluid communication with an interior of the tank.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76119
- Patent Class: 138.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13038448', '14327475', '15503191', '13811620', '13681764']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7187425291463396
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4430172730085057
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6911700035325563
- Mean Citation Score: 163.35535
- Max Citation Score: 178.21118
- Similarity Product: 143.30297298393728

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

Dataset: test