PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15902306
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["251", "327000"]

Abstract:
A wedge guide has two wedge surfaces. The first angled surface engages a first seat retainer positioned on one side of a gate to lock the first seat retainer in a first pocket. The wedge guide has a second angled surface that engages a second seat retainer on the other side of the gate that locks the second seat retainer in a second pocket. The wedge guide does not affect the movement of the seats that move axially between the gate and the respective seat retainers. Two wedge guides are preferably utilized on opposite non-sealing sides of the gate so that the gate slides between them.

Claim (Index 11):
A wedge guide assembly for a gate valve, comprising:\n two wedge guides; said gate valve comprising:\n a gate which is moveable to open and close a flow bore through said gate valve, said gate being mounted between said two wedge guides, a valve body defining a first pocket and a second pocket formed in said valve body, each of said first pocket and said second pocket surrounding said flow bore, \n a first seat assembly on a first side of said gate, said first seat assembly comprising a first seat adjacent said first side of said gate, a first seat retainer being mounted in said first pocket, said first seat being slidably mounted with respect to said first seat retainer, said first seat being axially movable between said gate and said first seat retainer along an axis through said flow bore, \n a second seat assembly on a second side of said gate, said second seat assembly comprising a second seat adjacent said second side of said gate, a second seat retainer being mounted in said second pocket, said second seat being slidably mounted with respect to said second seat retainer, said second seat being axially movable between said gate and said second seat retainer along an axis through said flow bore; \n a first wedge surface on each of said two wedge guides that engages said first seat retainer to prevent movement of said first seat retainer in said first pocket with respect to said valve body; and a second wedge surface on each of said two wedge guides that engages said second seat retainer to prevent movement of said second seat retainer in said second pocket with respect to said valve body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13462
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13740607', '12701258', '12248610', '10423257', '11588685']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7082897140330227
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4678223628466837
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6842429789143888
- Mean Citation Score: 225.15297400000003
- Max Citation Score: 239.02129
- Similarity Product: 205.3178129415065

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

Dataset: test