PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15987623
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["166", "305100"]

Abstract:
Systems, methods and apparatus for injecting a diluted solid chemical, a diluted highly viscous fluid, or a diluted fluidified solid for inhibiting, decreasing or preventing precipitation and/or deposition of foulants and/or contaminants in oilfield tubulars. The use of solid chemicals or highly viscous fluids providing ease of shipment, greater economy in storage, shipment and delivery and increased ease of use.

Claim (Index 2):
The system as set forth in  claim 1  wherein the solid chemical is fluidified by a system comprising:\n i) a receptacle, the receptacle including:\n a) an inlet; \n b) an outlet; and \n c) a wall extending between the inlet and outlet and defining an open interior volume, the open interior volume being in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet and comprising a first volume and a second volume, wherein the second volume is between the outlet and the first volume; \n \n ii) a heating component adapted to emit heat, positioned adjacent to the outlet and separated from a majority volume of the open interior volume and a majority portion of the wall, wherein the majority volume and majority portion extend away from the heating component, such that only a portion of the majority volume and a portion of the majority portion are oriented toward the heating component; \n iii) an outlet conduit connected to the outlet at a first end and being adapted for operable connection to the system for in-line delivery at a second end; \n iv) a pressure component, the pressure component operably connected to the receptacle and adapted to apply pressure on at least a portion of the chemical in the open interior volume; and \n v) a valve adapted for enabling discharge of liquid phase chemical into the system for in-line delivery in predetermined doses, \n wherein, in operation with solid chemical loaded in the open interior volume, actuation of the heating component heats the second volume to a temperature above the melting point of the solid chemical, thereby transforming solid chemical positioned in the second volume into liquid phase without substantive phase transformation of solid chemical positioned in the first volume, the pressure component applies pressure on at least a portion of chemical in the receptacle and liquid phase chemical flows from the receptacle, through the outlet conduit, and into the system for in-line delivery, allowing solid chemical in the first volume to move toward the second volume, and wherein, at a point in time during discharging, the portion of the liquid phase chemical represents less than 90% of total chemical in the receptacle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65854
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14946244', '13705946', '14098022', '12932386', '11706458']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7735122326856119
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4934926127511634
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.745510270692167
- Mean Citation Score: 169.283618
- Max Citation Score: 300.94315
- Similarity Product: 264.0818287457407

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

Dataset: test