PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917769
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["239", "224000"]

Abstract:
A multi-disk spinning disk assembly for atomization and encapsulation applications. A number of patterned disks are stacked to form a disk stack having a feed well in the center core of the stack. Each patterned disk has channels defined by spacers, with the channels and spacers being of varying depths, heights, and/or widths. The fluid to be atomized or encapsulated is delivered to the feed well. The fluid then flows into the channels, which communicate the fluid toward the outer edges of the disks. The fluid exits the disk stack from a circumferential gap, which is created by interposing spacing disks between the patterned disks.

Claim (Index 1):
A multi-disk stack for use with a spinning disk assembly for atomizing or encapsulating a fluid during rotation of the disk assembly, comprising:\n a number of annular patterned disks; a number of annular spacing disks; wherein the patterned disks and the spacing disks are arranged one atop the other, with a spacing disk placed above each patterned disk; a feed well defined by the center openings of the patterned disks and the spacing disks; wherein each patterned disk has a center opening, a patterned middle portion, and an outer rim; wherein the patterned middle portion has a number of spacers and a number of channels, with the spacers and channels formed by varying the thickness of the patterned disk; wherein the spacing disks control the thickness of gaps between the patterned disks, such that circumferential gaps between the outer rims of the disks allow fluid to escape from the circumference of the disk stack when the disk assembly is spinning; and a shaft for mechanically communicating with a motor that provides rotational movement to the disk assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75758
- Patent Class: 239.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13620815', '11229597', '13213614', '15331892', '13006557']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7619446211910028
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4596374621781181
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7317139052897144
- Mean Citation Score: 115.0006
- Max Citation Score: 121.03157
- Similarity Product: 86.45080607180236

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

Dataset: test