PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036832
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["702", "136000"]

Abstract:
The overall thermal performance of a building UA Total  can be empirically estimated through a short-duration controlled test. Preferably, the controlled test is performed at night during the winter. A heating source, such as a furnace, is turned off after the indoor temperature has stabilized. After an extended period, such as 12 hours, the heating source is briefly turned back on, such as for an hour, then turned off. The indoor temperature is allowed to stabilize. The energy consumed within the building during the test period is assumed to equal internal heat gains. Overall thermal performance is estimated by balancing the heat gained with the heat lost during the test period.

Claim (Index 13):
A method according to  claim 11 , wherein the fuel requirements Q F-Heating  of the heating source is determined in accordance with: Q F \ue89e - \ue89e Heating = ( UA Total ) \ue89e ( 24 ) \ue89e ( HDD Location Set \ue89e \ue89e Point \ue89e \ue89e Temp ) \ue89e ( 1 - SSF ) \u03b7 Furnace \ue89e \u03b7 Delivery where UA Total  is the building thermal performance, HDD Location Set Point Temp  represents the number of degree days when the outdoor temperature exceeds the desired Set Point temperature, \u03b7 Furnace  is the efficiency of the heating source, \u03b7 Delivery  is the efficiency of the heating delivery component, and SSF represents the amount of energy delivered to a building by solar gains.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81159
- Patent Class: 702.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14664742', '14664729', '14631798', '15096185', '15151410']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.2603142183130572
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5244393152185423
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.2867267280036057
- Mean Citation Score: 328.7962740000001
- Max Citation Score: 353.91586
- Similarity Product: 303.61535373448373

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

Dataset: test