PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16000088
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["137", "528000"]

Abstract:
A fully-draining check valve with a mushroom assembly having a tapered back edge and a drain line disposed with the lower rim of the drain line below the tapered back edge to ensure no fluid becomes trapped in the check valve when not in use. Additionally, a fully-draining diaphragm pump is disclosed having a drain line configured to drain the lowest point of a product chamber to ensure no fluid becomes trapped in the diaphragm pump when not in use. A method of cleaning a fully-draining diaphragm pump and fully-draining check valve assembly is further disclosed comprising inducing turbulent flow of water, wash solution, and/or sanitizer through the assembly and opening ball valves the drain lines of the fully-draining check valves to vent the assembly.

Claim (Index 17):
The apparatus of  claim 16  wherein the mushroom assembly guide is configured to stop motion of the valve disc at a maximum open position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14754
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14450009', '14679980', '10777266', '15167260', '11199790']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8172481063949508
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5800985861395711
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7935331543694129
- Mean Citation Score: 261.85062600000003
- Max Citation Score: 542.8519
- Similarity Product: 404.02885108928086

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

Dataset: test