PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15960107
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["141", "004000"]

Abstract:
A compressed natural gas storage and dispensing system having descending pressure bulk storage banks in fluid communication with a supply source for CNG and dispensing storage banks in fluid communication with the descending pressure bulk storage bank, both banks being in fluid communication with fuel dispensers, wherein the delivery pressure of the CNG during, simultaneous refueling of CNG powered vehicles is equalized.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of delivering CNG to a CNG-powered device comprising the steps of:\n providing a compressed natural gas (CNG) storage and dispensing system comprising: a descending pressure bulk storage bank in fluid communication with a natural gas supply source, said natural gas supply source being chosen from the group of natural gas supply sources consisting of a natural gas pipeline, transportable CNG supply tanks and transportable LNG supply tanks: a dispensing storage bank in fluid communication with said descending pressure bulk storage bank; at least one dispenser adapted to deliver CNG to a CNG-powered device, each said at least one dispenser in fluid communication with said descending pressure bulk storage bank and with said dispensing storage bank; wherein said at least one dispenser comprises multiple fueling nozzles and is adapted to control the delivery of CNG from said descending pressure bulk storage bank and said dispensing storage bank such that the delivery pressure is equalized through all said fueling nozzles; and a re-compressor in fluid communication between said descending pressure bulk storage bank and a backflow preventer in fluid communication between said re-compressor and said dispensing storage bank; providing CNG to said descending pressure bulk storage bank and to said dispensing storage bank; delivering CNG to a CNG-powered device through said at least one dispenser, wherein said CNG is first (delivered from said descending pressure bulk storage bank and then subsequently delivered from said dispensing bulk storage bank in response to a drop in pressure within said descending pressure bulk storage bank below a predetermined pressure minimum, and equalizing the delivery pressure of said CNG delivered to said CNG-powered device; refilling said descending pressure bulk supply bank from one of said natural gas supply sources as needed; and refilling said dispensing storage bank with CNG from said descending, pressure storage bank as needed by delivering CNG from said descending pressure storage bank through said re-compressor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65
- Patent Class: 141.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14974725', '15492080', '14276401', '14161245', '10654289']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.770519419430479
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6042135572887759
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7538888332163087
- Mean Citation Score: 379.026136
- Max Citation Score: 533.8147
- Similarity Product: 497.80852364544273

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

Dataset: test