PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16138858
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["169", "046000"]

Abstract:
A fire detection device and method therefor are able to provide automatic activation so as to extinguish a fire. The fire detection can be rapid and temperature-based. In one embodiment, a heat collector can be provided to enhance thermal responsiveness. Activation of the fire detection device can be electrically induced to release an extinguishing agent at the fire. The activation can be protected such that it is durable and unaffected by vibrations.

Claim (Index 1):
A fire detection apparatus, comprising:\n a temperature sensor; a heat collector, the heat collector being thermally coupled the temperature sensor so as to enhance temperature responsiveness of the temperature sensor, the heat collector being a distinct component from the temperature sensor; an extinguishing agent; an automatic activation apparatus; and a controller operatively connected to the temperature sensor and the automatic activation apparatus, the controller being configured to at least: (i) monitor a current temperature indication using the temperature sensor and the heat collector, (ii) determine whether the current temperature indication indicates a current temperature greater than a predetermined trip point, and (iii) produce a control signal to direct the automatic activation apparatus to initiate release of the extinguishing agent by the fire extinguisher if it is determined that the current temperature indication indicates the current temperature is greater than the predetermined trip point.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 169.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14878864', '13405139', '14898114', '10686830', '11253212']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7576506560206991
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.461315954122581
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7280171858308874
- Mean Citation Score: 166.204322
- Max Citation Score: 201.77533
- Similarity Product: 179.83835128283502

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