PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15752789
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["175", "057000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus ( 10 ) for capturing drilling fluid returns in an exploration drilling process, as well as a related method of capturing the drilling fluid returns. The apparatus ( 10 ) is adapted to be fitted onto a drill collar/casing ( 11 ) adjacent its open top ( 13 ). The apparatus ( 10 ) comprises a body ( 21 ) defining a reservoir ( 23 ) for receiving the drilling fluid returns flowing out through the open top end ( 13 ) of the drill collar/casing ( 11 ) and spilling into the reservoir ( 23 ). The reservoir ( 23 ) comprises a collecting portion ( 25 ) in which the fluid returns spilling from the drill collar/casing ( 11 ) can be collected. The reservoir ( 23 ) also comprises a sump portion ( 27 ) which can receive the drilling fluid returns and from which the drilling fluid returns can be pumped by way of a sump pump ( 28 ). The reservoir ( 23 ) is configured to direct the drilling fluid returns collected by the collecting portion ( 25 ) to the sump portion ( 27 ) as a continuous flow.

Claim (Index 16):
The apparatus according to  claim 15  wherein the sealing collar is provided within the reservoir in sealing engagement with the bottom of the reservoir.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.84722
- Patent Class: 175.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11574921', '11850479', '12949170', '15528305', '12745633']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7243704353914255
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4759194399518153
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6995253358474646
- Mean Citation Score: 212.978676
- Max Citation Score: 236.32506
- Similarity Product: 178.96676097743153

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