PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15755223
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["210", "615000"]

Abstract:
Provided is a clogging resistant biofilm-based water treatment system. The system includes a membrane-enclosed water flow pathway including at least one water-impermeable, oxygen-permeable membrane wall portion extending along the pathway and at least another wall portion extending along at least part of the pathway. According to the subject matter provided, biofilm growth and consequent clogging generally takes place along the water-impermeable, oxygen-permeable membrane wall portion and biofilm growth and clogging does not take place along the another wall portion.

Claim (Index 83):
A clogging resistant biofilm-based water treatment method, comprising:\n causing water to be treated, containing both dissolved organic material and ammonium compounds, to be mixed with sludge, producing a first mixture containing suspended biomass and resulting in adsorption by said sludge of at least most of said dissolved organic material; following said adsorption, separating said sludge having adsorbed thereon said dissolved organic material, from liquid, which contains said ammonium compounds; causing said liquid to be treated to flow along an oxygen-permeable membrane-enclosed, water impermeable water flow pathway, thereby biologically nitrifying said ammonium compounds in said liquid; following said nitrifying, mixing said liquid containing nitrified ammonium compounds with said sludge having adsorbed thereon said dissolved organic material to create a second mixture, thereby producing denitrification of said nitrified ammonium compounds and oxidation of said organic material which had been adsorbed onto said sludge; and following said denitrification, separating said sludge from water, wherein said water has substantially decreased amounts of dissolved organic material and ammonium compounds as compared with said water to be treated.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84783
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13515722', '15509565', '13989691', '13124535', '14566182']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7830244983173633
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5039021747540023
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7551122659610272
- Mean Citation Score: 220.42257400000005
- Max Citation Score: 271.2135
- Similarity Product: 186.78652117350697

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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