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 1):
A device for detecting the flow of a fluid from at least one nozzle wherein the device detects the presence of the fluid in a flow path from the nozzle, the device comprising:\n a first conductor placed in the flow path of the fluid exiting the nozzle wherein the first conductor conducts electricity; a second conductor placed in the flow path of the fluid exiting the nozzle wherein the second conductor conducts electricity wherein the second conductor does not contact the first conductor; a power source electrically connected to the first conductor and the second conductor; an opening between the first conductor and the second conductor wherein the opening creates an open circuit with the power source; a flow indicator electrically connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, the flow indicator providing a flow detected output indicating that the fluid is flowing from the nozzle, the flow indicator providing a clog detected output indicating that the fluid is not detected as flowing from the nozzle.

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): 0.6556184622414291
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4823747934171775
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6382940953590039
- Mean Citation Score: 148.088406
- Max Citation Score: 160.60124
- Similarity Product: 114.66462136934996

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