PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878560
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["034", "256000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for reducing moisture of a fibrous material includes applying microwave radiation combined with RF to the fibrous material to heat and evacuate moisture from the fibrous material during a heating cycle and optionally alternating heating cycles with drying/cooling cycles. The fibrous material can be, for example, sawn or dimensional lumber. The application of alternating microwave and RF in a controlled and continuous process advantageously mimics the heating, rewetting and drying cycles of a conventional kiln without the need for batch processing. Accordingly, a faster and more cost-efficient drying process is possible with no defects imparted to the wood in the process.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for reducing a moisture content level of a fibrous or porous material, the method comprising:\n irradiating a portion of the fibrous or porous material with microwave to heat and vaporize moisture within the fibrous material during a heating cycle; combining or alternating the microwave with RF heating for a time interval during the heating cycle to reduce the moisture content level of the fibrous material; and alternating the heating cycle with a cooling cycle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73846
- Patent Class: 34.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15029121', '10539685', '13861648', '11563268', '12247004']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6480400857067543
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5597821847699479
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6392142956130737
- Mean Citation Score: 211.226786
- Max Citation Score: 429.849
- Similarity Product: 403.2311156775354

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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