PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16110560
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["166", "250010"]

Abstract:
A containment apparatus for protecting a surrounding environment from leaks originating from a stuffing box is provided. In some embodiments, the containment apparatus utilizes a float switch to switch off a pump associated with the stuffing box when the level of a liquid in the vessel exceeds a predetermined level. The switch can communicate ultrasonically with a receiver that relays a message to a user. In some embodiments, the vessel comprises two half vessels that are lined by a metal frame along their mating edges.

Claim (Index 4):
The containment apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n float switch mounted in said first portion of said wall such that said float switch is moved from an on-position to an off-position when a level of a liquid in said concave tub exceeds a predetermined level and wherein, when moved to said off-position, said float switch wirelessly sends a signal to a monitor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54237
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15078773', '13155999', '13369040', '13407214', '13722663']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7795507828775549
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5449982829946827
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7560955328892677
- Mean Citation Score: 279.440452
- Max Citation Score: 423.00607
- Similarity Product: 369.46818933392825

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

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