PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036163
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["422", "607000"]

Abstract:
A contacting device and method are presented for the collection, contacting, and distribution of fluids between particulate beds of a downflow vessel, which may operate in co-current flow. By one approach, the contacting device includes a liquid collection tray, a mixing channel in fluid communication with the liquid collection tray, and a liquid distribution zone.

Claim (Index 10):
The device of  claim 1 , wherein the mixing channel extends annularly and a baffle extends between an inlet end portion and outlet end portion of the mixing channel to separate the inlet end portion from the outlet end portion and to direct fluid from the outlet end portion toward an inner distributor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61538
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16035390', '16036032', '14299298', '14299452', '14299485']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8129591847447888
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5232826647487283
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7839915327451829
- Mean Citation Score: 324.018322
- Max Citation Score: 353.9992
- Similarity Product: 280.9126520920753

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