PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023701
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["137", "512000"]

Abstract:
A check valve system includes a housing, a blocking element, and a biasing member. The housing has a passageway therethrough, the passageway including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the second portion so as to form a stepped portion. The blocking element is disposed within the second portion of the passageway. The biasing member is disposed within the second portion of the passageway and configured to maintain the blocking element in contact with the stepped portion when under compression. The housing, the blocking element and the biasing member being obtainable by substantially simultaneously 3D printing, so as to be formed from one or more 3D printable materials.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of forming a check valve system, the method comprising:\n substantially simultaneously 3D printing a housing having a passageway therethrough, the passageway including a first portion, a second portion, and retention clips on an internal surface of the passageway, the first portion having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the second portion so as to form a stepped portion, a blocking element disposed within the second portion of the passageway, and a biasing member disposed within the second portion of the passageway and configured to maintain the blocking element in contact with the stepped portion when under compression; and retaining the biasing member in a partially compressed with the retention clips.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12716456', '14295926', '10267179', '12881576', '15108991']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8282345516907574
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4512749157208764
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7905385880937693
- Mean Citation Score: 169.875746
- Max Citation Score: 180.50269
- Similarity Product: 146.2915605887008

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

Dataset: test