PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16137954
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["250", "459100"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for in-situ characterization of a working fluid based on fluorescent backscattering. Instead of attempting to transmit light through the working fluid, backscattered fluorescent light generated by the working fluid and/or by a fluorescent marker in the working fluid can then be detected. Thus, fluorescence can be induced in or near a surface layer of the fluid relative to the housing containing a light source, and the resulting fluorescence can be detected by a detector located in the same housing or an adjacent housing. By avoiding the need to transmit light through the liquid, difficulties with absorption and/or scattering due to particles, soot, or other debris in the working fluid can be reduced or minimized. This can allow detection of the fluorescence to be maintained as a working fluid ages.

Claim (Index 17):
The method of  claim 14 , wherein the housing volume comprises a fiber optic collector, and wherein receiving fluorescent light generated by the at least one of the working fluid and the fluorescent marker comprises receiving fluorescent light by the fiber optic collector.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9863
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15412099', '14039683', '14637576', '15682109', '12520295']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7018208125206707
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4889219034876089
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6805309216173646
- Mean Citation Score: 149.11658400000005
- Max Citation Score: 177.42956999999996
- Similarity Product: 117.24606972276804

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

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