PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16313380
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["166", "308100"]

Abstract:
In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, a system and method for using fuel cells to generate electricity for powering well stimulation equipment (e.g., high pressure hydraulic pumping units) at a well stimulation site are provided. The fuel cells may be coupled to the stimulation equipment via a DC/AC converter and, in some embodiments, via a variable frequency drive (VFD). The fuel cells may be arranged in a fuel cell stack that is used to generate electricity to power various electrical devices (e.g., electric motors) on the equipment. The fuel cells generally operate at higher efficiencies than is available through the use of diesel engines. In addition, the fuel cells may require less frequent refueling and provide a more centrally located area for refueling, lower emissions, and quieter operations than are currently available using diesel engines.

Claim (Index 12):
The system of  claim 11 , further comprising a gas generator coupled to an exhaust outlet of the fuel cell stack to receive syngas output from the fuel cell stack and to convert energy from the syngas into additional electrical power.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12658286', '14788944', '12651185', '15644487', '11435054']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7684283563694756
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.465286760977614
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7381141968302896
- Mean Citation Score: 146.555102
- Max Citation Score: 156.36462
- Similarity Product: 108.68313060170172

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

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