PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16041052
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["073", "861270"]

Abstract:
A method and corresponding device are provided for determining a flow speed in a fluid conduit. The fluid conduit is provided with first, second and third ultrasonic transducers, wherein respective connection lines between transducers extend outside of a symmetry axis of the fluid conduit. First and second measuring signals are applied to the first ultrasonic transducer and received at the second and the third ultrasonic transducer, respectively. The measuring signals comprise a respective reversed signal portion with respect to time of a response signal. Respective first and second response signals are measured and the flow speed is derived from at least one of the first and second response signals.

Claim (Index 16):
A device for measuring a flow speed of a fluid in a conduit with a travel time ultrasonic flow meter, comprising\n a first connector for connecting a first ultrasonic element a second connector for connecting a second ultrasonic element, a third connector for connecting a third ultrasonic element, a transmitting unit for sending arbitrary waveform generator signals and for sending measuring signals, a receiving unit for receiving response signals, a processing unit for deriving a first measuring signal from a first inverted signal,\n for deriving a second measuring signal from a second inverted signal and for storing the first measuring signal and the second measuring signal, \n wherein the derivation of the first inverted signal and of the second inverted signal comprises reversing a signal portion of a response signal of a corresponding arbitrary waveform generator signal or of a signal derived therefrom with respect to time, \n and wherein the processing unit, the transmitting unit and the receiving unit are operative to apply the first measuring signal to the first connector, and \n to receive a first response signal of the first measuring signal at the second connector, \n to apply a second measuring signal to the first connector, \n to receive a second response signal of the second measuring signal at the third connector and to derive a flow speed of the fluid from at least one of the first response signal and the second response signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01724
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15843552', '15496930', '15366823', '12800081', '15496833']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7435949110777054
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5579524749257275
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7250306674625075
- Mean Citation Score: 319.433676
- Max Citation Score: 428.72928
- Similarity Product: 416.63411822198873

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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