PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762764
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["210", "739000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for management of point source discharges (e.g., mining, pulp and paper, other industrial/municipal) characterized by elevated (e.g., >1,000 mg/L) Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) concentrations to achieve compliance with Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) requirements, where the aquatic toxicity is related to what is commonly referred to as TDS/ion imbalance, is disclosed. Concentrations of major inorganic ions in a water sample(s) that cause toxicity to aquatic organisms are analyzed to determine which of those cations and anions are deficient in the water sample(s); thereafter it is determined which ion-ratios in the sample(s) contribute to the toxicity to aquatic organisms; and thereafter it is determined which cations and anions to add to the water sample(s) to achieve compliance with aquatic toxicity regulations.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for managing toxicity from high-total dissolved solids (TDS) effluents by ion-ratio balancing comprising:\n an effluent having high TDS, the TDS comprising one or more dissolved solids, wherein the one or more dissolved solids cause imbalance in the major ion ratios imparting aquatic toxicity to the effluent; and an addition scheme through which balancing salts are added to the effluent which balance one or more of the major ion ratios in the effluent, wherein the one or more balancing salts is ascertained by:\n determining deficient major ions in the effluent by chemical analysis testing of the effluent; \n determining WET toxicity for the unique anion:anion, cation:cation, and cation:anion ion-ratios of the major ions present in the effluent; \n determining presence and concentration of other potential toxicants in the effluent; \n predicting ions critical to effluent aquatic toxicity based on imbalances of major ions in the effluent; \n identifying balancing salts to decrease major ion ratio imbalances in the effluent of major ion ratios predicted to be critical to effluent aquatic toxicity; and \n quantifying the dosage of identified balancing salts to balance major ion ratio imbalances in the effluent of the major ions predicted to be critical to effluent aquatic toxicity.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90123
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14082654', '15659608', '15481599', '12527325', '14764756']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7669897159431366
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.486601196374303
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7389508639862533
- Mean Citation Score: 155.96036
- Max Citation Score: 160.81525
- Similarity Product: 99.95223023830354

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

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