PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894097
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["237", "00200B"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides hot water heating systems and methods for heating the atmosphere within a predefined area. The systems include a hybrid water heating and storage apparatus configured to heat and store water including a heat pump and an electric heating tank. The systems include a recirculating pump configured to selectively draw a hot output flow of heated water from the electric heating tank, pass the heated water through a heat exchange fixture to heat the atmosphere within a predefined area, and direct the water back to the electric heating tank from the heat exchange fixture as a cold input flow. The systems further include thermostat electrically coupled to the recirculating pump and positioned within the predefined area configured to sense the temperature of the atmosphere within the first predefined area and selective operate of the recirculating pump based on a sensed temperature and a user selected temperature.

Claim (Index 1):
A hot water heating system for heating the atmosphere within at least one predefined area of a structure, comprising:\n a hybrid water heating and storage apparatus configured to store and heat water to a first temperature of at least about 140 degrees Fahrenheit including a heat pump and an electric heating tank in fluid communication, the electric heating tank storing the heated water; a first heat exchange fixture positioned in a first predefined area within the structure; a first recirculating pump configured to selectively draw a hot output flow of the heated water from the electric heating tank, pass the heated water through the first heat exchange fixture to heat the atmosphere within the first predefined area, and direct the water back to the electric heating tank from the first heat exchange fixture as a cold input flow; and a first thermostat electrically coupled to the first recirculating pump and positioned within the first predefined area configured to sense the temperature of the atmosphere within the first predefined area; a second heat exchange fixture positioned in a second predefined area within the structure; a second recirculating pump configured to selectively draw the hot output flow of the heated water from the electric heating tank, pass the heated water through the second heat exchange fixture to heat the atmosphere within the first predefined area, and direct the water back to the electric heating tank from the second heat exchange fixture as the cold input flow; and a second thermostat electrically coupled to the second recirculating pump and positioned within the second predefined area configured to sense the temperature of the atmosphere within the second predefined area, wherein, in a hybrid mode of operation of the apparatus, the heat pump and the electric heating tank both heat the water when the temperature of the water decreases from the first temperature to a second temperature that is colder than the first temperature, and wherein the first thermostat controls selective operation of the first recirculating pump based on its sensed temperature and a user selected temperature and the second thermostat controls selective operation of the second recirculating pump based on its sensed temperature and the user selected temperature.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42188
- Patent Class: 237.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11175836', '13766849', '11418951', '11972931', '12371572']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6178526718743866
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4932228383343977
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6053896885203878
- Mean Citation Score: 211.434462
- Max Citation Score: 218.62407
- Similarity Product: 163.7963037877822

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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