PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961582
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["251", "318000"]

Abstract:
A unitary valve trim assembly that can be easily installed in and removed from a valve body of a process control valve. The valve trim assembly includes a valve cage and a valve seat. The valve cage has a first projection that extends in a first direction that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the valve cage. The valve seat has a second projection that extends in a second direction, opposite the first direction, that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The second projection is arranged to engage the first projection to removably couple the valve seat to the valve cage.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of assembling a process control valve, the method comprising:\n selecting a valve body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid flow passageway defined between the inlet and the outlet; selecting a valve cage defining a longitudinal axis and having a first projection; selecting a valve seat having a second projection; selecting a sealing element having a third projection; removably coupling the valve seat to the valve cage by positioning the second projection into engagement with the first projection, wherein when the second projection engages the first projection to removably couple the valve seat to the valve cage, the valve seat is movable relative to the valve cage in an axial direction along the longitudinal axis of the valve cage without moving the valve seat or the valve cage in a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction; removably coupling the sealing element to the valve seat by positioning the third projection into engagement with a fourth projection of the valve seat, thereby forming a unitary valve trim assembly; and installing the valve trim assembly in the valve body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.59524
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12360650', '14057621', '12474003', '15331394', '12015226']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7472489659761549
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.463894724624409
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7189135418409802
- Mean Citation Score: 233.929054
- Max Citation Score: 240.55205
- Similarity Product: 200.3719297575593

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

Dataset: test