PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15881204
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["261", "114400"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a valve tray for use in a chemical process column. The valve tray includes a plurality of apertures formed therein. A plurality of valves are maintained in a spaced relationship relative to individual apertures of the plurality of apertures. An area of the individual apertures is less than an area of individual valves of the plurality of valves.

Claim (Index 1):
A valve tray for use in a chemical-process column, the valve tray comprising:\n a tray surface having at least one aperture formed therein, the at least one aperture being of an aperture area; a retaining cage disposed on the tray surface proximate the at least one aperture, the retaining cage comprising: an upper portion; and a leg extending downwardly from the upper portion and coupled to the tray surface proximate the at least one aperture; a valve cover disposed in the retaining cage, the valve cover comprising: a top surface having a surface area; at least one vane formed on an edge of the top surface, the at least one vane being directed outwardly and downwardly relative to the top surface; and wherein the aperture area is smaller than the surface area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86111
- Patent Class: 261.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12109781', '13340245', '13951159', '15421011', '14466670']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6937992459004392
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4986124542235944
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6742805667327547
- Mean Citation Score: 279.897198
- Max Citation Score: 289.9931
- Similarity Product: 219.1382939725101

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