PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919875
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["219", "618000"]

Abstract:
An optical heat exchanger and an associated system and method are provided to allow a vehicle, such as an unmanned air vehicle, a rocket or the like, to deliver more payload at a lower cost. The optical heat exchanger includes a support surface defining a plurality of tapered openings. Each tapered opening tapers from the first size proximate an outwardly facing end of the opening to a second smaller size proximate an inwardly facing end of the opening. The inwardly facing end of each tapered opening is in communication with the propellant. The optical heat exchanger also includes a plurality of lenses with each lens positioned proximate the outwardly facing end of a respective opening. Each lens is configured to receive an electromagnetic energy beam and concentrate the majority of the electromagnetic energy beam through the inwardly facing end of the respective tapered opening, thereby heating the propellant.

Claim (Index 10):
A system according to  claim 1  further comprising an absorber surface in communication with the inwardly facing end of each tapered opening and configured to absorb at least a portion of the electromagnetic energy beam, wherein the absorber surface is also configured to be in contact with the propellant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13514
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13481204', '13296909', '13297893', '10614645', '12888584']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7905806750343453
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5601339021030102
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7675359977412118
- Mean Citation Score: 210.357056
- Max Citation Score: 431.3917
- Similarity Product: 404.6706490824818

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