PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16069018
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["299", "011000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for backfill paste includes a mixing means configured to produce paste, a storage means configured to store paste, and a feeding means configured to feed paste to a borehole. The mixing means and the storing means is formed of a combined storage and mixing means. The feeding means includes a bottom discharge port configured to feed paste from the combined storage and mixing means. The apparatus includes monitoring means configured to monitor the level of paste in the combined storage and mixing means to maintain the level of paste in the combined storage and mixing means above a setpoint value so as to prevent air from entering the borehole from the combined storage and mixing means.

Claim (Index 6):
The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising controlling the feeding of paste in the feeding step from the bottom discharge port of the combined storage and mixing means of a valve, preferably by means of a pinch valve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81818
- Patent Class: 299.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11870987', '10786183', '14894813', '11063434', '11818250']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.663950891695677
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4794915334912329
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6455049558752326
- Mean Citation Score: 135.67363600000002
- Max Citation Score: 146.09149
- Similarity Product: 91.07661793888688

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

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