PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937506
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["208", "014000"]

Abstract:
A demulsifying agent comprising at least one maleic acid derivative may be added to a hydrocarbon stream in an effective amount where the hydrocarbon stream includes a plurality of solids that are less than 0.45 microns in size. The demulsifying agent may be added to the hydrocarbon stream at a location that is upstream from a desalter. The demulsifying agent may water-wet at least a portion of the solids for subsequent separation of the solids from the hydrocarbon stream.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the demulsifying agent is added to the hydrocarbon fluid at a location selected from the group consisting of a crude storage tank, the suction of a crude transfer pump, injection pump to the crude storage tank, the crude line going to a desalter prior to a charge pump, and combinations thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78261
- Patent Class: 208.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14889478', '14467110', '12305639', '12727577', '13008667']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7719510148664314
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5145873160955731
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7462146449893455
- Mean Citation Score: 241.34766
- Max Citation Score: 261.12375
- Similarity Product: 191.0028479737043

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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