PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15886594
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["210", "505000"]

Abstract:
A multi-faceted family of non-woven webs that can take the form of a filter media, an adaptable forming process and a machine capable of making the range of media are disclosed. The filter medium can have a first surface and a second surface defining a thickness. The medium can comprise a region having a gradient. Such a gradient is formed by having a medium wherein the concentration of a fiber, a property or other component varies from one surface to the next surface. The gradient region of the media can comprise the entire thickness of the medium or can comprise a region that comprises a portion of the media thickness. The media are characterized by the presence of a continuous change of the fiber concentration or property within the region.

Claim (Index 1):
A filter medium having a first surface and a second surface defining a thickness, the medium comprising a wet laid non-woven region derived from an aqueous furnish comprising a gradient, the region comprising a first fiber having a diameter of at least 1 micron and a second fiber having a diameter of at most 6 microns wherein the first fiber is larger in diameter than the second fiber and the second fiber varies in concentration in the region such that the concentration of the second fiber increases across the region in a direction from one surface to the other surface, wherein the boundary is free from an interface boundary.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19048
- Patent Class: 210.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14011337', '13589908', '12694935', '13361527', '13358623']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8222698621472213
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.482996721189466
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7883425480514458
- Mean Citation Score: 216.780222
- Max Citation Score: 240.27132000000003
- Similarity Product: 189.2483563848496

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

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