PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16149549
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["429", "301000"]

Abstract:
Representative embodiments provide a liquid or gel separator utilized to separate and space apart first and second conductors or electrodes of an energy storage device, such as a battery or a supercapacitor. A representative liquid or gel separator comprises a plurality of particles, typically having a size (in any dimension) between about 0.5 to about 50 microns; a first, ionic liquid electrolyte; and a polymer. In another representative embodiment, the plurality of particles comprise diatoms, diatomaceous frustules, and/or diatomaceous fragments or remains. Another representative embodiment further comprises a second electrolyte different from the first electrolyte; the plurality of particles are comprised of silicate glass; the first and second electrolytes comprise zinc tetrafluoroborate salt in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidalzolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid; and the polymer comprises polyvinyl alcohol (“PVA”) or polyvinylidene fluoride (“PVFD”). Additional components, such as additional electrolytes and solvents, may also be included.

Claim (Index 8):
A method of fabricating a liquid or gel separator for separating and spacing apart at least two conductors, the method comprising:\n depositing a composition over a first conductor of the at least two conductors, the composition comprising:\n a plurality particles comprising silicate glass having a size between 5 microns to 15 microns and present in an amount between 40 to 60 percent of the total weight of the composition; \n an ionic liquid as a first electrolyte, the ionic liquid comprising 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium; \n a second electrolyte comprising zinc tetrafluoroborate salt, the first and second electrolytes present in an amount between 15 to 30 percent of the total weight of the composition; \n a polymer present in an amount between 0.5 to 10 percent of the total weight of the composition and comprising polyvinyl alcohol (\u201cPVA\u201d) or polyvinylidene fluoride (\u201cPVFD\u201d); and \n N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone present in an amount between 10 to 30 percent of the total weight of the composition.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85714
- Patent Class: 429.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14829243', '14831659', '14832054', '15926896', '15917498']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9139114828582832
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6425424826209205
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.886774582834547
- Mean Citation Score: 536.909864
- Max Citation Score: 632.2605599999998
- Similarity Product: 605.6043201229332

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

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