PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15860641
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["131", "328000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is a method for vaporizing concentrate that will substantially eliminate general or localized burning of concentrate during the vaporization process and a device adapted for carrying out said method. The vaporization method is based on heating concentrate that has been absorbed into a frit, preferably fitted glass. Fritted glass is characterized by open-pore interstices that allow free passage of fluid through the frit. It is commonly used as a filtering element, particularly in high-temperature applications. It was discovered that concentrate placed in contact with fitted glass is absorbed through capillary action. Although room temperature concentrate may not readily seep fully into fritted glass, as concentrate is heated its viscosity is reduced such that it is readily absorbed by the fitted glass.

Claim (Index 7):
A vaporization process comprising:\n Concentrate being applied to a surface of a frit filter, allowing said frit filter to absorb said concentrate through capillary action, using an ohmic resistance heater to heat said frit filter and contained concentrate sufficiently to produce a vapor of said concentrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60241
- Patent Class: 131.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15553980', '14594302', '13903209', '15663687', '10602533']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7187172323393762
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.470571359577344
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.693902645063173
- Mean Citation Score: 115.988086
- Max Citation Score: 123.87961
- Similarity Product: 82.5143875412804

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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