PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16418504
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["342", "124000"]

Abstract:
For determining the topology of a bulk material surface, a series of echo curves are detected in different primary radiation directions of the antenna. In the process, the primary radiation direction of the antenna is changed in such a way that all of the generated echo curves of the series of echo curves can be used for determining the topology of the bulk material surface. As a result, the measurement time can be reduced.

Claim (Index 26):
A method for determining a topology of a surface of a bulk material stored in a container, comprising the steps of:\n supplying power to a measurement device to determine the topology of the surface of the bulk material only via a 4-20 mA two-wire line; emitting a transmission signal using an antenna arrangement in a primary radiation direction of the antenna arrangement; receiving a transmission signal which is reflected at least on the surface of the bulk material; generating an echo curve, which corresponds to the signal strength of the reflected transmission signal over a distance measurement range of the measurement device, from the transmission signal which is reflected and received by the antenna arrangement; determining a first topology of the surface of the bulk material, based on a first number of echo curve generations; and determining a fill level in the container.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95122
- Patent Class: 342.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14781225', '14276536', '15308119', '15117654', '15118301']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5544490998675663
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5184023908791809
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5508444289687278
- Mean Citation Score: 254.106582
- Max Citation Score: 342.00833
- Similarity Product: 260.9983489069796

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

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