PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15965509
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["209", "303000"]

Abstract:
An improved process and apparatus for separating organics and inorganics from waste material with a specific object of preparing the separated organic fraction for the production of biogas or other methods for diverting organics from landfills. Waste material, such as municipal solid waste or source-separated organic waste (SSO), is subjected to a first separation treatment that separates organic and inorganic waste components. The apparatus includes a hopper to receive contaminated organic waste from different sources, a vertical separator that separates the inorganics from the organics by creating a vortex effect in a stationary filtration drum by which the solid contaminants (paper, plastic, metals) are blown in a spiral pattern upwards and removed from the top, while the organic fraction is removed from the bottom. Such apparatus is improved through novel methods to reduce or eliminate blockages and their associated downtime, and to increase the efficiency of the separation process.

Claim (Index 5):
An apparatus as described above in  claim 4  where the links of the chains ( 8 ) are square in cross-section or otherwise fabricated so as to provide sharp edges that facilitate their chopping action and therefore breakup plastic film and long fibrous wrapping material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78261
- Patent Class: 209.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12897996', '13794214', '11858398', '15597075', '13352119']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6305282701938661
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4845611017538467
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6159315533498642
- Mean Citation Score: 97.3332598
- Max Citation Score: 103.32161
- Similarity Product: 61.30437393262208

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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