PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16144873
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["417", "423140"]

Abstract:
A vertical member, which is preferably a support post used in a molten metal pump, includes a ceramic tube and tensioning structures to add a compressive load to the tube along its longitudinal axis. This makes the tube less prone to breakage. A device, such as a pump, used in a molten metal bath includes one or more of such vertical members.

Claim (Index 17):
The molten metal pump of  claim 12 , wherein the bottom cap and top cap are each comprised of one or more of graphite and silicon carbide.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53333
- Patent Class: 417.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15406515', '14690064', '12853268', '13791889', '14690099']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.773663540783584
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5141732908339938
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.747714515788625
- Mean Citation Score: 294.8492540000001
- Max Citation Score: 366.9885
- Similarity Product: 282.9179353529513

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