PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16003976
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["210", "242400"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for removing a contaminant from a liquid includes a tension element extending along a length of the liquid and may be near a bottom of the liquid. A plurality of buoyant strips having a polymer defining an open-cell foam are attached to the tension element and extend to a surface of the liquid, with at least a portion of the strips floating on the surface. The polymer may include ethylene alkyl acrylate copolymer (e.g., 100% EMA copolymer).

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:\n removing the strips from the liquid; and extracting the contaminant from the strips by mechanical action.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.55357
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12886195', '10729881', '11472772', '15864216', '14145648']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7900991260217894
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4793272270944088
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7590219361290513
- Mean Citation Score: 141.254106
- Max Citation Score: 166.15723
- Similarity Product: 113.03888252624392

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

Dataset: test