PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16246576
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["034", "506000"]

Abstract:
A dual path kiln is provided that includes a kiln having at least three chambers including first and second end chambers separated by a central heating chamber. At least two lumber conveyors convey lumber through the kiln in opposite directions. External unidirectional fans are utilized to provide circular directional flows through the lumber. Also provided is a method utilizing the kiln to continuously dry green lumber.

Claim (Index 22):
A method of continuously drying lumber in a kiln comprising:\n conveying a green lumber on at least one lumber conveyor into a first kiln opening, a first end chamber, a first central chamber, a second central chamber, a second end chamber, and out of a second kiln opening, to form a second dry lumber exiting the second central chamber and entering the second end chamber; providing heat to the first central chamber and the second central chamber; providing a first circular air flow through the green lumber in the first end chamber and dry lumber in the second end chamber using at least one unidirectional fan external to the kiln to transfer heat from the dry lumber to the green lumber; and providing a second circular air flow through the green lumber in the first central chamber and the green lumber in the second central chamber to dry the green lumber and form the dry lumber exiting the second central chamber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.37255
- Patent Class: 34.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13841716', '15878273', '15973318', '14925909', '11525929']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7206634844175027
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5070663037720268
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6993037663529551
- Mean Citation Score: 240.01979
- Max Citation Score: 264.18573
- Similarity Product: 227.65953511967533

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

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