PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128790
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["052", "101000"]

Abstract:
This disclosure provides for a valve assembly for regulating the flow of fluid through a weep hole, including a flow regulator positioned within the weep hole. The flow regulator has an open position where fluid is allowed to flow through the weep hole, and a closed position where fluid is prevented from flowing through the weep hole. Also provided is a building having a plurality of flow regulators positioned relative to external sheathing of the building to regulate flow between a wall cavity of the building and an external environment. Additionally, a method for regulating the ingress and egress of fluid through external sheathing of a building is provided. The method includes positioning a plurality of flow regulators relative to external sheathing, and regulating flow between the wall cavity and an external environment using the flow regulators.

Claim (Index 50):
The method of  claim 49 , wherein regulating the flow between the cavity and the external environment includes opening the valves to allow fluid to flow through the valves and exit the cavity into the external environment, and closing the valves to prevent fluid from flowing through the valves and entering the cavity from the external environment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.60714
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16011740', '15882848', '14028060', '12095759', '13297871']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.820906022977303
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4714794549418473
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7859633661737575
- Mean Citation Score: 172.048434
- Max Citation Score: 181.17917
- Similarity Product: 139.40409150746228

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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