PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16092130
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["423", "447100"]

Abstract:
Discrete, individualized carbon nanotubes having targeted, or selective, oxidation levels and/or content on the interior and exterior of the tube walls are claimed. Such carbon nanotubes can have little to no inner tube surface oxidation, or differing amounts and/or types of oxidation between the tubes' inner and outer surfaces. These new discrete carbon nanotubes are useful in plasticizers, which can then be used as an additive in compounding and formulation of elastomeric, thermoplastic and thermoset composite for improvement of mechanical, electrical and thermal properties.

Claim (Index 17):
A process to make the composition of  claim 3 , comprising the steps of: a) selecting a plurality of discrete carbon nanotubes having an average aspect ratio of from about 10 to about 500, and an oxidative species content total level from about 1 to about 15% by weight, b) suspending the discrete carbon nanotubes in an aqueous medium at a nanotube concentration from about 1% to about 10% by weight to form an aqueous medium/nanotube slurry, c) mixing the carbon nanotube/aqueous medium slurry with at least one plasticizer at a temperature from about 30\u00b0 C. to about 100\u00b0 C. for sufficient time that the carbon nanotubes migrate from the aqueous medium to the plasticizer to form a wet nanotube/plasticizer mixture, e) separating the aqueous medium from the wet carbon nanotube/plasticizer mixture to form a dry nanotube/plasticizer mixture, and f) removing residual aqueous medium from the dry nanotube/plasticizer mixture by drying from about 40\u00b0 C. to about 120\u00b0 C. to form an anhydrous nanotube/plasticizer mixture.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.46154
- Patent Class: 423.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15730284', '15778444', '14628248', '15166931', '15840174']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7463301912671685
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5551485003562043
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7272120221760721
- Mean Citation Score: 296.0907820000001
- Max Citation Score: 423.49106
- Similarity Product: 305.7360112743783

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

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