PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16190016
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["405", "107000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a retractable floodwall unit that comprises a foundation unit having a plurality of guide tracks along side walls of the foundation unit, a floodwall panel stowed in the foundation unit; a power system for raising and lowering the floodwall panel, and a plumbing system. The plumbing system is configured to remove ground water from a dry-side of the floodwall unit and flood water that becomes located in the floodwall unit.

Claim (Index 32):
A method for cleaning a plumbing system of a retractable floodwall unit, the plumbing system comprising: a first inlet pipe having a length and located in a foundation unit of the retractable floodwall unit, wherein a plurality of holes are located along the length of the first inlet pipe; a flushing pipe in fluid communication with the first inlet pipe; and an outlet in fluid communication with the first inlet pipe,\n the method comprising: supplying a pressurized fluid through the flushing pipe and into the first inlet pipe such that the pressurized fluid exists at least one of the plurality of holes, wherein the pressurize fluid is configured to remove silt from at least one of the plurality of holes and mix the removed silt with the pressurized fluid in the foundation unit; stopping the supply of the pressurized fluid; activating a pumping unit to pump the mixed silt and pressurized fluid in the foundation unit through the first inlet pipe and out of the outlet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81818
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15621800', '15043348', '16023888', '14098036', '12657354']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7951052013575971
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5778021076227052
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7733748919841079
- Mean Citation Score: 373.485948
- Max Citation Score: 528.5024400000002
- Similarity Product: 389.6054580099965

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

Dataset: test