PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16209545
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["405", "101000"]

Abstract:
An automated water control device comprises a rotatable housing that can be incrementally positioned to control flow of water over an upper or weir edge of the housing. The device is installed at a control point in an impoundment area, such as a settling pond. The housing is selectively rotated to raise and lower the height of the weir edge to a target gate height. Automatic control is provided for operation of the device by a controller communicating with an actuator. A system of the invention includes one or more water control devices and the controller. A method of the invention includes controlling flow of water from an impounded water source by use of the automated water control device. Manual or semi-automated embodiments are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
A water control device for control of water from an impounded water source, comprising:\n a rotatable housing including sidewalls and end walls forming an enclosure to receive water from the water source, said rotatable housing having an open upper end defined by at least one weir edge; an opening formed in said rotatable housing; a drain communicating with said opening for transporting water away from said enclosure; an actuator communicating with said rotatable housing to selectively and controllably rotate said housing thereby raising and lowering said at least one weir edge; a controller for automatically controlling the rotation of the rotatable housing to selectively raise or lower the at least one weir edge to a selected height, and user interfaces associated with said controller providing user options to select features relating to system control; and wherein said rotatable housing is rotatable about an axis by said actuator so that said at least one weir edge defines a gate height over which water flows when a water level is above said gate height, said water being captured in said enclosure and subsequently flowing through said drain.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81081
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15594253', '15018306', '14026061', '14709279', '13012733']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7494196501787441
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5793126749045532
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.732408952651325
- Mean Citation Score: 259.90736400000003
- Max Citation Score: 471.95847
- Similarity Product: 450.1633388176722

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

Dataset: test