PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16006724
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["166", "250010"]

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for measuring the size of a round object are provided. Apparatus and methods for checking that a drop ball used in a well fracturing process has a predetermined diameter before being introduced into the wellbore are provided.

Claim (Index 21):
An apparatus as defined in  claim 18 , wherein the second actuator comprises a mechanical actuator, wherein the mechanical actuator comprises:\n an electric motor; a first gear wheel operatively coupled to be rotated by the electric motor; a second gear wheel engaged to be rotated by rotation of the first gear wheel; a captive roller nut supported against longitudinal or lateral movement by a housing, the captive roller nut being operatively engaged to be rotated by rotation of the second gear wheel; and a threaded shaft portion in threaded engagement with the captive roller nut and supported against lateral and rotational movement but being longitudinally moveable in response to rotation of the captive roller nut; the threaded shaft portion being fixedly engaged with the drop ball acceptance/rejection unit to move the drop ball acceptance/rejection unit in the longitudinal direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 66.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.35484
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15242029', '14329234', '15059033', '12144401', '12778945']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7588219365874835
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4929645237091709
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7322361952996522
- Mean Citation Score: 170.861872
- Max Citation Score: 189.98944
- Similarity Product: 119.59952485727312

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

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