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 23):
A method of controlling flow of water from an impounded water source to achieve a selected drawdown protocol, said method comprising:\n providing a water control device including a rotatable housing forming an enclosure to receive water, said rotatable housing having an open upper end defined by at least one weir edge; a drain communicating with said rotatable housing for transporting water away from said enclosure; an actuator communicating with said rotatable housing to rotate said housing thereby selectively raising and lowering said at least one weir edge; wherein said rotatable housing is rotatable 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; providing a controller communicating with said rotatable housing to control rotation of said housing and a selected height for said at least one weir edge, said controller including at least one user interface enabling a user to select commands to be executed for operational control of said rotatable housing; selecting a drawdown protocol comprising computer instructions executable by said controller; generating at least one input to said controller for detecting a status of said rotatable housing; and executing at least one output from said controller to complete a command for operational control of said rotatable housing, said at least one output resulting in manipulation of said actuator to selectively and controllably raise or lower said at least one weir edge commensurate with said drawdown protocol.

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): 0.7491591194934145
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5800620052817781
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7322494080722509
- Mean Citation Score: 259.90736400000003
- Max Citation Score: 471.95847
- Similarity Product: 454.8321708425421

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