PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977504
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["137", "080000"]

Abstract:
An earthquake gas valve that uses an electro-mechanical battery powered actuation method to automatically close a gas valve when the movement caused by an earthquake is perceived, or if an extremely high temperature is perceived. A gear motor is activated by a plurality of shake switches which in turn cause a motor driven radial rack to rotate. The rack terminates in a closure plug which obstructs the gas outlet opening and prevents gas from entering the house or office when an earthquake occurs. A timing circuit delays the activation of the closure plug to make sure that the motion has been caused by an earthquake and not by an accidental brief jarring action. In one embodiment, the closure mechanism can be activated remotely by receiving a transmitted signal which is picked up by a receiving device within the valve enclosure, or the valve can send a signal to a central remote location telling of its open or closed condition.

Claim (Index 13):
An earthquake gas valve as claimed in  claim 1  wherein all said electrical components are isolated from exposure to gas via said separator plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70408
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10754467', '12852684', '10843354', '11818703', '13435416']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8457276019044697
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4640154891147905
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8075563906255019
- Mean Citation Score: 144.63864200000003
- Max Citation Score: 157.74243
- Similarity Product: 109.76000445636572

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

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