PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16012183
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["073", "584000"]

Abstract:
A novel system and method for detecting a quench of a superconducting conductor and detecting abnormal behavior of a superconducting conductor using acoustic sensor technology in the coolant of a superconducting cable and/or magnet is disclosed. This system and method is not only limited to use for superconductors, but also may be used for any device disposed in liquid and gas. Acoustic sensors are installed along a coolant space of a superconducting conductor and monitor coolant conditions. By monitoring acoustic changes, temperature changes or coolant flow disruption can be detected very quickly by an acoustic sensor array. By disposition of the acoustic sensor array in a coolant flow channel, the acoustic sensor system can quickly detect a local condition, such as the thermal status (temperature) of a superconducting cable and magnet with precise spatial resolution.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of detecting a location of an abnormal event of an element disposed in a fluid, comprising:\n disposing an acoustic sensor array in the fluid, proximate the element, the acoustic sensor array comprising a plurality of acoustic sensors; detecting an acoustic wave caused by the abnormal event in the element by at least one acoustic sensor in the acoustic sensor array; determining the location of the abnormal event based on an identity of the at least one acoustic sensor that detected the acoustic wave.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78049
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12418664', '15680313', '12488174', '12503940', '15392395']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6755943600074266
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5117099112573741
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6592059151324213
- Mean Citation Score: 170.59228199999995
- Max Citation Score: 185.18776
- Similarity Product: 91.49784572250364

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

Dataset: test