PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16114548
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["004", "255040"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for flushing a fluid drain; the apparatus includes a water supply interface, a drain line interface, and a conduit. The water supply interface is configured to hydraulically couple with a water supply, such as a water supply for a kitchen sink. The water supply interface includes a threaded connector for threadably engaging with the water supply. The drain line interface is able to hydraulically couple with a drain line. The drain line interface includes a stepped adapter which is able to couple with one of a selection of drain lines having disparate diameters, so that the system may be used with a variety of sizes of drain lines. The conduit extends between the water supply interface and the drain line interface, hydraulically coupling the two components.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for removing a drain obstruction, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing a plumbing adapter for flushing a fluid drain, the plumbing adapter including:\n a water supply interface, the water supply interface configured to hydraulically couple with a water supply, the water supply interface including a threaded connector, \n a drain line interface, the drain line interface configured to hydraulically couple with one of a plurality of drain lines, the drain line interface including a stepped adapter configured to couple with each of the plurality of drain lines, and \n a conduit extending between and hydraulically coupling the water supply interface and the drain line interface; \n attaching the water supply interface and the drain line interface to the conduit; coupling the water supply interface to the water supply, such that the water supply interface is hydraulically coupled to the water supply; hydraulically coupling the drain line interface to the drain line; opening the water supply; flowing a quantity of water from the water supply to the drain line; and flushing an obstruction from the drain line with the quantity of water.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45614
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15222921', '16102660', '13096093', '14806886', '10832492']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7722032931300337
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4702805611826793
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7420110199352983
- Mean Citation Score: 149.288796
- Max Citation Score: 162.3214
- Similarity Product: 122.44038625667096

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

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