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 11):
A method of heating the atmosphere within a predefined area of a structure, comprising:\n providing 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 configured to store the heated water; selectively drawing an output flow of the heated water from the electric heating tank, passing the heated water through a first heat exchange fixture positioned within a first predefined area to heat the atmosphere therein, and directing the water back to the electric heating tank as a cold input flow via a first recirculating pump; electrically coupling a first thermostat to the first recirculating pump that is positioned within the first predefined area and configured to sense the temperature therein; selectively drawing an output flow of the heated water from the electric heating tank, passing the heated water through a second heat exchange fixture positioned within a second predefined area to heat the atmosphere therein, and directing the water back to the electric heating tank as the cold input flow via a second recirculating pump; electrically coupling a second thermostat to the second recirculating pump that is positioned within the second predefined area and configured to sense the temperature therein; heating the water when the temperature of the water decreases from the first temperature to a second temperature that is colder than the first temperature via the heat pump and the electric heating tank, wherein selectively drawing an output flow of the heated water from the electric heating tank and passing the heated water through a first heat exchange fixture comprises selectively operating the first recirculating pump based on its sensed temperature and a user selected temperature via the first thermostat, and wherein selectively drawing an output flow of the heated water from the electric heating tank and passing the heated water through a second heat exchange fixture comprises selectively operating the second recirculating pump based on its sensed temperature and a user selected temperature via the second thermostat.

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): 0.6190684725646571
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4879031996561039
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6059519452738018
- Mean Citation Score: 211.434462
- Max Citation Score: 218.62407
- Similarity Product: 173.56567807056786

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

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