PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16002292
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["210", "266000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of a gravity filter for potable water comprise a loose filter bed comprising ion exchange resin particles and activated carbon particles, and a porous non-woven filter substrate disposed downstream of the loose filter bed, wherein the porous non-woven filter substrate comprises an impregnated heavy metal scavenger.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of filtering water comprising:\n introducing water into a gravity filter; and filtering the water in the gravity filter; wherein the gravity filter comprises:\n a loose filter bed comprising an ion exchange resin and activated carbon; and \n a porous non-woven filter substrate disposed downstream of the loose filter bed, the porous non-woven filter substrate comprising a fibrous material impregnated with heavy metal scavenger particles and further comprising an average pore size of from about 5 \u03bcm to about 15 \u03bcm; \n wherein the heavy metal scavenger particles consist of one or more of amorphous titanium silicate, a zirconium oxide, and a zirconium hydroxide, and the fibrous materials consists of one or more of polyolefin fibers, polyester fibers, glass fibers, and cellulose fibers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.47059
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13716614', '11835196', '11656184', '10216241', '14387601']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7363070077714619
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5128648861141943
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7139627956057351
- Mean Citation Score: 171.793848
- Max Citation Score: 313.8314
- Similarity Product: 283.4209732975364

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

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