PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866634
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["250", "255000"]

Abstract:
Examples of nano-level evaluation of kerogen-rich reservoir rock are described. A micro-scale beam is formed from kerogen-rich reservoir rock. The beam has reservoir rock and kerogen, which has polymeric properties. A maximum dimension of the micro-scale beam is at most 1000 micrometers. A mechanical experiment that includes a tension test or a compression test is performed on the micro-scale beam. The mechanical experiment is imaged using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). A material parameter of the kerogen in the micro-scale beam is determined based on results of the mechanical experiment and images obtained responsive to the imaging. The material parameter includes a behavior of the kerogen in response to the mechanical experiment. The behavior of the kerogen can be used to determine, among other things, the energy required to break kerogen in a kerogen-rich shale to improve hydraulic fracturing efficiency.

Claim (Index 7):
The method of  claim 4 , further comprising applying the load until the micro-scale beam fails.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97436
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15250551', '15190687', '15254173', '15625811', '15548277']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.687868449013859
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6440531406189592
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.683486918174369
- Mean Citation Score: 323.9825620000001
- Max Citation Score: 702.86523
- Similarity Product: 566.6420078646219

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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