PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15964168
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["137", "625690"]

Abstract:
A spool for a spool valve having a longitudinal axis (L). The spool comprising: a plurality of lands each having a substantially radially extending metering edge and an axially extending circumferential surface; a plurality of grooves separating each of the plurality of the lands; and a guiding section located axially between at least one land and an adjacent groove. The guiding section comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced guiding surfaces being substantially flush and contiguous with the circumferential surface of the land, wherein the guiding section allows fluid communication between the groove and the metering edge of the land.

Claim (Index 7):
A spool valve comprising:\n a housing having a spool cavity therein defined by an inner surface of the housing; and the spool of any preceding claim disposed within the spool cavity, wherein the spool is moveable along its longitudinal axis (L) in response to actuation of the spool valve, and the circumferential surface of the land and the guiding surfaces are in sliding contact with the inner surface of the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96364
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14948998', '14678101', '13902104', '12417585', '13714799']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8339237967787094
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4817034756873201
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7987017646695704
- Mean Citation Score: 211.7452
- Max Citation Score: 223.20914
- Similarity Product: 150.49841822324274

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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