PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15744584
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["166", "330000"]

Abstract:
A rotary valve with increased resistance to degradation that can include, a manifold with multiple flow paths, a rotary actuator rotatably mounted within the valve, and a valve seat that is fixedly attached to the manifold, with an end (or component) of the rotary actuator made from silicon carbide diamond (ScD) and the end having a first surface. The valve seat can have a second surface that sealingly engages the first surface. Manufacturing a rotary valve can include combining diamond particles in a press with silicon and applying temperature and pressure to produce a piece of ScD. Interposing a compound between the piece and a structure and brazing them by heating the compound between 700-1200 degrees Celsius. Forming ports and flow paths in the piece by machining the piece with an Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) tool.

Claim (Index 17):
A rotary valve for use in a downhole tool, the rotary valve comprising:\n a first component of a rotary actuator, with the first component comprising a silicon carbide diamond (ScD) composite, the first component having a first engagement surface and a gap extending therethrough; a valve seat defining a second engagement surface having a first port extending therethrough, the second engagement surface sealingly engaging the first engagement surface; and a motor operably coupled to the first component and the valve seat, wherein the motor selectively moves the first engagement surface relative to the second engagement surface which selectively at least partially aligns the gap and the first port and thereby selectively permits fluid flow through the rotary valve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 74.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9359
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15078059', '12915893', '12915812', '15400688', '15796845']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7709295606651608
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4507929982237489
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7389159044210196
- Mean Citation Score: 155.01789399999996
- Max Citation Score: 162.89903
- Similarity Product: 129.9760325828678

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

Dataset: test