PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16278501
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["210", "299000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a system and method to separate solid particle components from a fluid. It can be used in close association with a hydrocarbon producing well and uses a novel combination of mechanical filtration, solids decantation, and real and apparent forces. Disclosed is a spherical vessel with a tangential inlet to introduce the fluid and a fluid exhaust and filter arranged on the center line of the interior of the vessel. A combination of pressurized fluid and solid particles enter at the tangential inlet and move primarily in a circular path around the interior of the vessel. The circular path results in the larger mass particles settling at the vessels lower region. Less massive particles may be entrained in the exiting fluid flow toward a filter element where they are removed from the exiting fluid. The vessel has an opening to remove the trapped separated particles.

Claim (Index 3):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the internal surface is a regular symmetric shape comprising a region that is substantially spherical.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80233
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10574859', '10166369', '12655634', '12496766', '12305129']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7399356359489623
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.489710655721606
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7149131379262267
- Mean Citation Score: 139.52826399999998
- Max Citation Score: 142.31951999999995
- Similarity Product: 84.84894523584362

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

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