PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15747706
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["384", "117000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to tilting pad bearing assemblies, bearing apparatuses including the tilting pad bearing assemblies, and methods of using the bearing apparatuses. The tilting pad bearing assemblies disclosed herein include a plurality of tilting pads. At least some of the superhard tables exhibit a thickness that is at least about 0.120 inch and/or at least two layers having different wear and/or thermal characteristics.

Claim (Index 22):
A method of operating a bearing apparatus, the method comprising:\n rotating a rotor relative to a stator; wherein at least one of the stator or the rotor includes:\n a first support ring; and \n one or more bearing elements distributed circumferentially about an axis, the one or more bearing elements including a bearing surface, wherein the one or more bearing elements are secured to the first support ring; and \n wherein the other of the stator or the rotor includes:\n a second support ring; and \n a plurality of tilting pads distributed circumferentially about the axis and tilted and/or tiltably secured relative to the second support ring; each of the plurality of tilting pads including a superhard table having an superhard bearing surface, a lower surface, and at least one peripheral surface extending between the superhard bearing surface and the lower surface; wherein the superhard table of at least some of the plurality of tilting pads includes at least one of:\n a thickness that is at least about 0.120 inch; or \n a lower layer extending from the lower surface towards the superhard bearing surface and an upper layer extending from at least a portion of the superhard bearing surface towards the lower surface, the upper layer exhibiting a higher abrasion resistance than the lower layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57778
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15747362', '13089725', '14631596', '15653333', '15528709']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.817825508367494
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5136392052899613
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7874068780597407
- Mean Citation Score: 329.997472
- Max Citation Score: 341.0313
- Similarity Product: 333.421421826911

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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