PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16164116
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["073", "649000"]

Abstract:
A clamping apparatus for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a conduit is disclosed. The clamping apparatus comprises a base portion fastened to the conduit and including a bracket for receiving an adapter. The adapter is attached to a housing and allows the housing to be rotated when the adapter is positioned in an upper portion of the bracket, and prevents the housing from being rotated when the adapter is positioned in a lower portion of the bracket. The housing is configured to enclose the ultrasonic transducer except for a housing opening along the bottom of the housing. The ultrasonic transducer extends through the housing opening and is spring biased against the conduit.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a conduit, the apparatus comprising:\n an elongated housing configured to secure the ultrasonic transducer, the housing having a housing opening on the bottom thereof along a length of the housing, the housing opening configured to allow the ultrasonic transducer to transmit and receiving ultrasonic signals through the housing opening; a base portion configured to be fastened to the conduit, the base portion comprising a bracket extending perpendicularly therefrom, the bracket comprising a bracket opening having an upper portion and a lower portion; and an adapter attached to the housing and configured to be placed into the bracket opening, wherein the adapter and the housing are not rotatable when the adapter is moved into the lower portion of the bracket opening, and wherein the adapter and the housing are rotatable when the adapter is moved into the upper portion of the bracket opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.31373
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15115602', '11759105', '15489986', '13241989', '15901014']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6383466034702584
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5113945440043798
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6256513975236706
- Mean Citation Score: 188.56078800000003
- Max Citation Score: 314.944
- Similarity Product: 311.70627769851683

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

Dataset: test