PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878567
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["137", "883000"]

Abstract:
A system for monitoring and controlling a flow of fluid in an environment and a method of using the system to control the flow of fluid in the environment. The system comprises a main valve positioned at an entry point of the environment. The main valve permits fluid to be discharged into the environment upon receipt of an authorized request to a controller from one or more authorizing signaling devices. The controller communicates with the authorizing devices and processes signals from the authorizing signaling device to control the flow of fluid in the environment. The system may also comprise one or more monitoring signaling devices positioned in the environment intermediate the main valve and an authorizing signaling device.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for monitoring and controlling a flow of fluid in an environment, the system comprising:\n a. a main valve positioned at an entry point of the environment, wherein the main valve permits fluid to be discharged into the environment upon receipt of an authorizing signal thereto; b. one or more authorizing signaling devices, wherein each authorizing signaling device (i) is associated with a respective outlet tap or valve from which fluid can be requested, (ii) is positioned intermediate the main valve and the respective outlet with which it is associated, and (iii) has a unique identifier associated therewith; c. a controller in communication with each of the authorizing signaling devices, wherein each of the authorizing signaling devices can request authorization from the controller to discharge fluid to the respective outlet tap or valve with which it is associated; d. a supply network of one or more lines, tubes and/or pipes in the environment, wherein the supply network of one or more lines, tubes and/or pipes permit the flow of fluid through the main valve through the at least one or more of the authorizing signaling devices and to each outlet associated with the one or more authorizing signaling devices;\n wherein the controller receives an authorization request from the authorizing signaling device, determines whether the requested authorization from the authorizing signaling device is an authorized request, and provides an authorizing signal to the main valve to permit the flow of fluid through the main valve upon a determination by the controller that the authorization request from the authorizing signaling device is an authorized request.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 37.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36538
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10855074', '10683264', '11387607', '13442360', '13550585']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8170426537452786
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4489029773665116
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.780228686107402
- Mean Citation Score: 140.383448
- Max Citation Score: 148.42528
- Similarity Product: 113.08354992652892

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

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