PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16178096
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["210", "232000"]

Abstract:
A spin-on fluid filter with improved attachment and sealing with the filter head. The filter has a gasket positioned at the end of threads used to connect the filter to a filter head. The described design protects the gasket from excessive engine heat, cat or tear damage during installation, and the roll out effect of installation torque. In addition, the described attachment provides gasket protection and uniform compression of the gasket. The gasket can be any type that provides a seal which keeps external threads on the filter and the filter head dry.

Claim (Index 1):
A fluid filter, comprising:\n a housing shell having a closed end and an open end and defining an interior space; a filtration media disposed within the interior space of the housing shell and configured to filter a fluid; a nutplate secured to the open end of the housing shell, the nutplate including an axially extending continuous rim on a radial outer edge thereof, the axially extending continuous rim including interior facing threads formed on an internal surface thereof, the interior facing threads configured to secure the fluid filter to a filter head, the nutplate further including a groove formed therein adjacent to and radially inward of a base of the internal surface; a first circumferential gasket disposed on the nutplate adjacent to the base of the internal surface and radially inward of the internal surface, the first circumferential gasket configured to form a seal with the filter head such that, when the fluid filter is secured to the filter head and the seal is formed with the filter head, the first circumferential gasket prevents leakage of fluid to an outside of the fluid filter, wherein the first circumferential gasket is disposed in the groove and faces axially upward away from the closed end of the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71186
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13774540', '12763581', '13827992', '11343252', '10934466']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7893958376173031
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5230939052635557
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7627656443819284
- Mean Citation Score: 250.064356
- Max Citation Score: 357.14594
- Similarity Product: 340.12162084346414

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

Dataset: test