PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16117176
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["166", "300000"]

Abstract:
A method of recovering hydrocarbons comprises introducing a suspension comprising nanoparticles to a material and contacting surfaces of the material with the suspension. After introducing the suspension comprising the nanoparticles to the material, the method further includes introducing at least one charged surfactant to the material and removing hydrocarbons from the material. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the nanoparticles may be introduced to the material prior to introduction of the surfactant to the material. Related methods of recovering hydrocarbons from a material are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 12 , further comprising selecting the nanoparticles to comprise alumina modified silica nanoparticles.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 42.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06818
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14744520', '14519496', '14519728', '14169432', '14289873']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8024408933209715
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.507002898819016
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7728970938707759
- Mean Citation Score: 295.35230199999995
- Max Citation Score: 312.029
- Similarity Product: 235.1706089875698

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

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