PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16083507
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["374", "029000"]

Abstract:
A new device and method for more quickly and accurately performing a Thermal Response Test (TRT) to determine the Thermal Conductivity (TC) of the ground for use by a Geothermal Heat Pump (GHP) system. Existing TRT methods require testing for about 48 hours and require a very stable source of heat. This invention reduces the testing time required to under 24 hours and removes the requirement for a stable heat source, and thus will decrease the cost for TC testing and increase its use. Further, this new device and method provides more information about the thermal properties of the earth being tested than prior techniques.

Claim (Index 19):
The apparatus in # 14  where variations in the time-wise continuous TC determination is used to predict degree of ground water movement.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 54.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64789
- Patent Class: 374.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14673805', '12462657', '15231520', '15261927', '12973478']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6159019624435884
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5122282820229203
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6055345944015217
- Mean Citation Score: 158.956142
- Max Citation Score: 171.85593
- Similarity Product: 106.1751232177752

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

Dataset: test