PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["219", "762000"]

Abstract:
A method for controlling a microwave heating system is provided. The method may be used with a system having a liquid-filled microwave heating chamber and includes measuring the value of one or more microwave system parameters. Suitable parameters can include, for example, net microwave power discharged, the temperature of the liquid in the microwave chamber, the flow rate of liquid through the microwave chamber, and the speed of the conveyance system disposed within the microwave chamber. The measured value of the selected parameter is then compared to a target value for that parameter in order to determine a difference. Based on the difference, one or more actions can be taken in order to start, stop, or alter the operation of the microwave heating system.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for pasteurizing or sterilizing a plurality of articles in a microwave heating system, said method comprising:\n (a) securing a plurality of articles in one or more individual carriers; (b) thermalizing said articles in said carriers in a thermalization chamber to provide a plurality of thermalized articles having a substantially uniform temperature; (c) during at least a portion of said thermalizing, discharging a plurality of pressurized liquid jets toward said articles from multiple locations within said thermalization chamber; (d) passing said articles in said carriers along a convey line in a convey direction through a microwave heating chamber; and (e) during at least a portion of said passing, directing microwave energy into said microwave heating chamber with at least two microwave launchers to thereby heat said articles with at least a portion of said microwave energy, wherein said microwave launchers are axially spaced apart from one another in said convey direction, and wherein at least a portion of each of said microwave launchers extends in a direction perpendicular to said convey direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 82.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07576
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13799799', '13799835', '13799610', '13799991', '13799746']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8545448553906211
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5651240899211755
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8256027788436765
- Mean Citation Score: 425.567202
- Max Citation Score: 457.305
- Similarity Product: 369.2763246282936

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

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