PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15982374
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["136", "200000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus that uses a brine from a well that is used to both generate electricity and recover valuable minerals present in the brine. The method and apparatus uses a hydrophobic membrane to separate water vapor from the brine to concentrate the brine that is then used to recover the minerals.

Claim (Index 14):
The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the silica removal unit is in further communication with an second apparatus comprising:\n a) a housing comprising a first inlet and a first outlet, wherein the housing comprises a bottom wall and an opposed top wall, wherein the bottom wall and the top wall are spaced apart relative to a vertical axis, wherein the first inlet and the first outlet are spaced apart relative to a longitudinal axis; b) a hydrophobic membrane positioned within the housing, wherein the hydrophobic membrane is positioned between the top wall of the housing and both the first inlet and the first outlet relative to the vertical axis; and c) a thermoelectric module positioned within the housing, wherein the thermoelectric module is positioned between the top wall and the hydrophobic membrane relative to the vertical axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8125
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15138554', '14832455', '11189213', '15731637', '15223938']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7541979972194248
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5261992059384788
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7313981180913303
- Mean Citation Score: 184.10344
- Max Citation Score: 314.36343
- Similarity Product: 170.58605004419442

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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