PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16170947
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["060", "641200"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for producing energy from a geothermal formation. A heat exchanger can be disposed within a well to absorb heat from a geothermal formation. The heat exchanger can be supported within the well using a high thermal conductivity material. The heat exchanger is connected to an organic Rankine cycle engine including a secondary heat exchanger and a turbine. The primary and secondary heat transfer fluids are chosen to maximize efficiency of the organic Rankine cycle.

Claim (Index 1):
A geothermal energy system comprising:\n a primary heat exchanger positioned within a well, the well in contact with a geothermal feature and a heat carrier within the geothermal formation, the primary heat exchanger containing a first heat transfer fluid configured to absorb heat from the heat carrier in the primary heat exchanger; a secondary heat exchanger in thermal communication with the primary heat exchanger, the secondary heat exchanger containing a second heat transfer fluid, wherein the first heat transfer fluid and the second heat transfer fluid are maintained separate from each other, and wherein the second heat transfer fluid has a flash point below that of water; and a turbine in fluid communication with the secondary heat exchanger, wherein the second heat transfer fluid is vaporized in the secondary heat exchanger and the vaporized second heat transfer fluid is the working fluid in the turbine; and a generator connected to the turbine, the generator configured to generate electricity based on movement of the turbine.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74468
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14535203', '13751610', '12963611', '13999707', '10616701']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6804400571332911
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4759706451577912
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6599931159357412
- Mean Citation Score: 203.57827
- Max Citation Score: 226.57947
- Similarity Product: 186.4514754405964

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