PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15964168
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["137", "625690"]

Abstract:
A spool for a spool valve having a longitudinal axis (L). The spool comprising: a plurality of lands each having a substantially radially extending metering edge and an axially extending circumferential surface; a plurality of grooves separating each of the plurality of the lands; and a guiding section located axially between at least one land and an adjacent groove. The guiding section comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced guiding surfaces being substantially flush and contiguous with the circumferential surface of the land, wherein the guiding section allows fluid communication between the groove and the metering edge of the land.

Claim (Index 9):
The spool or spool valve of  claim 1 , wherein the land comprises two opposing metering edges and two opposing guiding sections.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96364
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14948998', '14678101', '13902104', '12417585', '13714799']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8504426361353626
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4782673061146887
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8132251031332953
- Mean Citation Score: 211.7452
- Max Citation Score: 223.20914
- Similarity Product: 161.58789943559884

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

Dataset: test