PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15743462
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["398", "009000"]

Abstract:
A method and system for operating fiber optic monitoring systems utilizing solar panels, batteries, and an interrogator system with associated electronics for operating in cold climates.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for operating fiber optic monitoring systems utilizing solar panels, batteries, and a fiber optic interrogator system with one or more interrogator units and associated electronics for operating in cold climates comprising:\n a. providing a heat pipe deployed below the ground surface at a depth below which the ground is frozen in winter conditions; b. extending the heat pipe above ground and in contact with heat sinks in the interrogator system and the battery; and c. wherein the heat pipe utilizes internal fluids chosen so that that the range of temperatures and pressures fall within the two-phase region of the fluid during the winter months so that evaporation and condensation can occur.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.20833
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12768981', '14058236', '15378071', '12870399', '14215970']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6363195269265239
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4547841644923173
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6181659906831033
- Mean Citation Score: 105.718821
- Max Citation Score: 108.65411
- Similarity Product: 89.85789689156056

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

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