PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15928989
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["137", "599110"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein, are gravity-based sewer bypass systems and related methods for diverting sewage fluid from an upstream sewer pit to a discharge site lower than the upstream sewer pit, via a pipe including an above-ground portion. A sensor external to the pipe is used to determine the sewage fluid level in the upstream sewer pit and accordingly regulate the outflow of sewage fluid at the discharge site.

Claim (Index 1):
A sewer bypass system for diverting sewage fluid from an upstream sewer pit in a sewer system to a discharge site, the sewer bypass system comprising a pipe, a sensor, a controller, and a flow control valve;\n wherein the pipe comprises a pipe inlet end and a pipe outlet end, and is configured to be partially inserted into an upstream sewer pit through a top opening of the upstream sewer pit with the pipe inlet end being submerged in a sewage fluid in the upstream sewer pit, and with the pipe outlet end being positioned at a discharge site, such that the pipe outlet end is lower than a sewage fluid surface in the upstream sewer pit; wherein the sensor is external to the pipe and is configured to measure at least one parameter indicative of a sewage fluid level in the upstream sewer pit; wherein the flow control valve is positioned at, or near, the pipe outlet end, and is configured to allow controllably fluidly connecting and disconnecting the upstream sewer pit to the discharge site; and wherein the controller is functionally associated with the sensor and the flow control valve, the controller being configured to (i) receive a measured value of the parameter from the sensor and, based, at least in part, on the measured value, (ii) regulate the opening and closing of the flow control valve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57778
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13013796', '15835894', '11504197', '12143399', '14684087']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.837985443525378
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4750101258930974
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8016879117621499
- Mean Citation Score: 224.371612
- Max Citation Score: 246.36168
- Similarity Product: 197.290360325346

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