PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15920435
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["210", "748090"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for simultaneous water disinfection and electricity generation includes a disinfection section and an electricity generating section. In some cases, the disinfection section includes a storage tank and a plurality of transparent vacuum tubes. In addition, the electricity generating section includes a base plate and a plurality of photovoltaic cells. Water disinfection is performed by exposing the disinfection section to sunlight radiation. Electricity generation is carried out by exposing the electricity generating section to the sunlight passing through the plurality of transparent vacuum tubes of the disinfection section.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for simultaneous water disinfection and electricity generation, the apparatus comprising:\n a disinfection section configured to disinfect water in response to exposure of the disinfection section to sunlight radiation, the disinfection section including:\n at least a storage tank configured to preserve water, and \n a plurality of transparent vacuum tubes in fluid communication with the storage tank, water contained in the plurality of transparent vacuum tubes being heated and disinfected in response to exposure of the plurality of transparent vacuum tubes to sunlight radiation, heated and disinfected water in the plurality of transparent vacuum tubes being replaced by lower-temperature water contained in the storage tank through a thermosyphon exchanging mechanism, the plurality of transparent tubes arranged in a parallel configuration at a first securing angle of between 0\u00b0 and 90\u00b0 between a plane of the vacuum tubes and a reference plane; \n an electricity generating section configured to generate electricity in response to exposure of the electricity generating section to sunlight radiation, the electricity generating section including:\n at least a photovoltaic cell configured to generate electricity in response to exposure of the photovoltaic cell to sunlight radiation, the photovoltaic cell disposed behind the plurality of transparent vacuum tubes, water in the plurality of transparent vacuum tubes absorbing an infrared spectrum of the sunlight radiation before the sunlight radiation reaches the photovoltaic cell; and \n a mirror secured next to the disinfection section in a configuration such that the mirror increases the sunlight radiating the plurality of transparent vacuum tubes in intensity, the mirror mounted with a second securing angle of between 40\u00b0 and 150\u00b0 relative to the plane of the vacuum tubes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13043
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13260383', '14832455', '13569261', '12975307', '14758201']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7725674057227
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4893114833814853
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7442418134885785
- Mean Citation Score: 205.232724
- Max Citation Score: 226.0155
- Similarity Product: 161.592198805511

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

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