PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878560
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["034", "256000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for reducing moisture of a fibrous material includes applying microwave radiation combined with RF to the fibrous material to heat and evacuate moisture from the fibrous material during a heating cycle and optionally alternating heating cycles with drying/cooling cycles. The fibrous material can be, for example, sawn or dimensional lumber. The application of alternating microwave and RF in a controlled and continuous process advantageously mimics the heating, rewetting and drying cycles of a conventional kiln without the need for batch processing. Accordingly, a faster and more cost-efficient drying process is possible with no defects imparted to the wood in the process.

Claim (Index 3):
A system for reducing moisture of a fibrous or porous material, the system comprising:\n an enclosure for heating and drying a fibrous or porous material enclosed therein; a microwave delivery device interior to the enclosure, the unit delivering microwave radiation to heat and vaporize moisture of the fibrous or porous material over a pre-determined period of time of a heating cycle; a radio-frequency emitter positioned adjacent the device, the emitter being configured to volumetrically heat at least a portion of the fibrous or porous material, wherein emitted radio-frequency energy is combinable with the microwave radiation to reduce a moisture content level of the material; and a power supply operatively connected to the radio-frequency emitter, the power supply being configured to energize the radio-frequency emitter for a time interval within the heating cycle, the delivery of microwave radiation being interrupted or combined with radio-frequency heating during the time interval, the radio-frequency emitter reducing the moisture content level of the fibrous or porous material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73846
- Patent Class: 34.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15029121', '10539685', '13861648', '11563268', '12247004']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6487324823213345
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5584029504885292
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.639699529138054
- Mean Citation Score: 211.226786
- Max Citation Score: 429.849
- Similarity Product: 389.873455190599

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

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