PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911061
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["340", "606000"]

Abstract:
The nozzle clog detection device, system, and method detect if a liquid flows through a nozzle via conduction of electricity. The clog detector provides an open circuit at an opening between two conductors. The two conductors are placed in the flow path of a liquid flowing from a nozzle. The liquid from the nozzle conducts electricity. The liquid flowing through the opening between the conductors closes the circuit. An alert system notifies the user whether liquid is flowing through the nozzle. The system detects flow of liquid from multiple nozzles and identifies the nozzles from which liquid flows. A break in the circuit at the opening between the conductors indicates that the liquid is not flowing sufficiently enough to close the circuit.

Claim (Index 14):
The system of  claim 11  further comprising:\n a second set of conductors placed in the flow path of the fluid from the second nozzle wherein the second set of conductors form an open circuit with the power source such that the second set of conductors do not contact each other, the second set of conductors connected in parallel with the first set of conductors; \n a second flow indicator electrically connected to the second set of conductors, the second flow indicator providing a flow detected output indicating that the fluid is flowing from the second nozzle wherein the fluid conducts electricity across an opening between the second set of conductors, the flow indicator providing a clog detected output indicating that the fluid is not detected as flowing from the second nozzle wherein the second flow indicator detects whether electricity flows across the open circuit between the second set of conductors.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14927777', '14926901', '14300376', '14229496', '14794546']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6531378512417907
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4927269902165069
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6370967651392623
- Mean Citation Score: 148.088406
- Max Citation Score: 160.60124
- Similarity Product: 104.53064799015284

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

Dataset: test