PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878560
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["034", "256000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for reducing moisture of a fibrous material includes applying microwave radiation combined with RF to the fibrous material to heat and evacuate moisture from the fibrous material during a heating cycle and optionally alternating heating cycles with drying/cooling cycles. The fibrous material can be, for example, sawn or dimensional lumber. The application of alternating microwave and RF in a controlled and continuous process advantageously mimics the heating, rewetting and drying cycles of a conventional kiln without the need for batch processing. Accordingly, a faster and more cost-efficient drying process is possible with no defects imparted to the wood in the process.

Claim (Index 14):
A system for reducing a moisture content level of a fibrous or porous material comprising:\n a first microwave delivery device that delivers microwave energy emitted from a waveguide into a first chamber, the microwave energy being dispersed into the first chamber; a second microwave delivery device that delivers microwave energy from the first chamber to a second chamber, the second chamber being situated proximate to a zone of energy delivery; louvers having variable openings permitting the transmittal of microwave energy from the second chamber to the zone of energy delivery, fibrous or porous material being located within or proximate to the zone of energy delivery, the fibrous or porous material being irradiated with the microwave energy, the microwave energy reducing the moisture content level of the fibrous or porous material; and a moisture control device that determines the moisture content level of the material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73846
- Patent Class: 34.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15029121', '10539685', '13861648', '11563268', '12247004']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6479238119667168
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.560013489645232
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6391327797345684
- Mean Citation Score: 211.226786
- Max Citation Score: 429.849
- Similarity Product: 405.47256859588623

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

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