PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15777733
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["423", "448000"]

Abstract:
A system for the exfoliation of a layered material is described, comprising in combination: an exfoliation station ( 14 - 22 ) operating on a volume of a dispersion of a layered precursor material, including a wet-jet milling device ( 10 ); and a collecting station ( 30, 40 ), located downstream of the exfoliation station ( 14 - 22 ), operating on a volume of a dispersion of the at least partly exfoliated material, in which the exfoliation station ( 14 - 22 ) and the collecting station ( 30,   40 ) are connected to each other through a fluid communication path ( 20 ) along which there are interposed flow regulating means ( 50 ) adapted to assume a first operating configuration in which the communication path ( 20 ) between the exfoliation station ( 14 - 22 ) and the collecting station ( 30, 40 ) is discontinued, where the exfoliation station ( 14 - 22 ) is adapted to subject a volume of dispersion of layered precursor material to a predetermined number of wet jet milling cycles; and a second operating configuration in which the communication path ( 20 ) between the exfoliation station ( 14 - 22 ) and the collecting station ( 30, 40 ) is continuous, where the exfoliation station ( 14 - 22 ) is adapted to convey a volume of previously milled dispersion including at least partly exfoliated material to the collecting station ( 30, 40 ) and is placed in communication with a supply chamber ( 12 ) to be fed with a further volume of a dispersion of layered precursor material that has to be exfoliated.

Claim (Index 4):
The system according to  claim 3 , wherein said flow regulating means comprise a 4-way distribution valve adapted to assume a first configuration in a supply/exhaust phase, wherein the feed duct from the supply chamber is connected to the compression means of the milling device ( 10 ) and an outlet duct ( 20 ) emerging from the milling means is connected to the collecting station; and a second configuration wherein the outlet duct emerging from the milling means is connected to the compression means in a recirculation configuration and the fluid communication towards the collecting station is discontinued.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.21978
- Patent Class: 423.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11787442', '11800728', '13987362', '11881388', '11709274']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7545246341115069
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5341313368532496
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7324853043856813
- Mean Citation Score: 229.79927400000005
- Max Citation Score: 253.2053
- Similarity Product: 113.9207623879224

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

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