PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15881425
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["527", "403000"]

Abstract:
Processes for manufacturing novolacs and resoles from lignin are disclosed. A phenol-aldehyde-lignin dispersion is formed which can then be used to make either a novolac or a resole, depending upon the catalysts used.

Claim (Index 18):
The process of  claim 11  wherein the first catalyst is selected from the group consisting of sodium metal, sodium hydroxide, potassium metal, potassium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, barium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium phosphate, sodium phosphate, lithium phosphate, ethanol amine, diethanol amine, triethanol amine, triethyl amine, tributyl amine, hexamine, melamine, hexamethylene diamine, guanidine, benzoguanamine, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, oxalic acid, formic acid, acetic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, benzoic acid, methane sulfonic acid, and p-toluenesulfonic acid and wherein the second catalyst is selected from sodium metal, sodium hydroxide, potassium metal, potassium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, barium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium phosphate, sodium phosphate, lithium phosphate, ethanol amine, diethanol amine, triethanol amine, triethyl amine, tributyl amine, hexamine, melamine, hexamethylene diamine, guanidine, and benzoguanamine.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.09091
- Patent Class: 527.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11594866', '12658429', '15119030', '15024725', '15251509']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6904565614738181
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5331984137066996
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6747307466971062
- Mean Citation Score: 211.636536
- Max Citation Score: 220.48488
- Similarity Product: 151.50994421839715

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

Dataset: test