PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906429
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["137", "556000"]

Abstract:
The invention pertains to a valve monitor system comprising a valve operation mode selector indicator that provides a local indicator to maintenance personnel of whether a valve operation mode selector switch is placed in a local or remote position. The valve monitor system also provides a circuit to a central control room or facility, to allow an operator there to know whether a pipeline valve controlled by the valve operation mode selector switch is configured for local or remote operation.

Claim (Index 1):
A valve monitor for determining the position of a manually-operated valve, the valve monitor comprising:\n an inner element comprising an inner mounting ring and an inner extension, the inner extension including a inner circular insert, the inner mounting ring being configured to mount to a body or bonnet of the manually-operated valve, and an outer element comprising an outer mounting ring and an outer extension, the outer extension including an outer circular insert, the outer mounting ring being configured to mount to a stem of the manually-operated valve, wherein the inner extension and the outer extension are made of a non-ferrous metal, and wherein a magnetic proximity switch is mounted within the inner mounting ring, and wherein a piece of ferrous metal is mounted within the outer mounting ring.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80435
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13507613', '11173047', '11367071', '10519288', '15511391']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8067641690671798
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4424040513968877
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7703281573001506
- Mean Citation Score: 105.537502
- Max Citation Score: 108.410965
- Similarity Product: 79.57320539258242

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

Dataset: test