PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15750405
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["137", "061000"]

Abstract:
A system that automatically prevents freezing of a liquid in a plumbing network includes an electrical temperature sensor, an electromechanical shut-off valve, a pump (such as an air compressor pump and a vacuum pump) and an operatively connected computer. The computer determines if the temperature detected by the electrical temperature sensor is within a predetermined range of a threshold temperature. If so, the computer actuates the shut-off valve to prevent the liquid from flowing from a liquid source to a portion of the plumbing network, and actuates the pump to discharge the liquid from the portion of the plumbing network to the liquid drain. The computer may actuate additional electromechanical valves on the plumbing network to facilitate discharge of the liquid, and on a supply line to allow the liquid to continue circulating in the supply line.

Claim (Index 9):
The method of  claim 8  wherein the plumbing network defines an auxiliary inlet or outlet, and the system further comprises:\n actuating an electromechanical auxiliary valve actuable to close and open the auxiliary inlet or outlet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.20896
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15350241', '14019252', '10340912', '15886000', '12836335']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8459379986541786
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4666621126082989
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8080104100495907
- Mean Citation Score: 179.85858000000005
- Max Citation Score: 193.04256
- Similarity Product: 144.11202710220337

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

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