PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16182092
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["210", "601000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments include a vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent including an upflow liquid column, where the upflow liquid column is configured to retain a fluid, a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid column, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about the bottom of the upflow liquid column, a downflow liquid column, a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid column, wherein the fluid outlet is positioned at about the bottom of the downflow liquid column, and a plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors, the plurality of moving bed biofilm reactors being positioned in the upflow liquid column or the downflow liquid column.

Claim (Index 20):
A vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent comprising:\n a. an upflow liquid column, the upflow liquid column having a top and a bottom, a vertical orientation, a diameter and a height, wherein the upflow liquid column is configured to retain a fluid; b. a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid column, wherein the fluid inlet is positioned at about the bottom of the upflow liquid column; c. a first aerator, the first aerator being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid column, wherein the first aerator is operably configured to deliver micro-bubbles to the upflow liquid column; d. a second aerator, the second aerator being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid column, wherein the second aerator is operably configured to deliver macro-bubbles to the upflow liquid column; e. a downflow liquid column, the downflow liquid column having a top and a bottom, a vertical orientation, a diameter, and a height, wherein the diameter of the downflow liquid column is greater than the diameter of the upflow liquid column, and wherein the height of the upflow liquid column is greater than the height of the downflow liquid column; f. a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid column, wherein the fluid outlet is positioned at about the bottom of the downflow liquid column; g. a gas headspace above the top of the upflow liquid column, wherein the gas headspace is defined at least partially by a cap; h. an offgas stream fluidly coupled with the gas headspace; i. a vacuum pump, wherein the vacuum pump is operably configured to create a vacuum in the gas headspace; j. an evacuation tank associated with the offgas stream; and k. a fluidized bed reactor, the fluidized bed reactor including bacteria and being positioned in the upflow liquid column or the downflow liquid column.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.82222
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15660564', '11812623', '10848540', '16102448', '11336642']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.77815490584515
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6540247733302553
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7657418925936605
- Mean Citation Score: 321.0839380000001
- Max Citation Score: 648.9556
- Similarity Product: 617.5074393516064

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