PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894097
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["237", "00200B"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides hot water heating systems and methods for heating the atmosphere within a predefined area. The systems include a hybrid water heating and storage apparatus configured to heat and store water including a heat pump and an electric heating tank. The systems include a recirculating pump configured to selectively draw a hot output flow of heated water from the electric heating tank, pass the heated water through a heat exchange fixture to heat the atmosphere within a predefined area, and direct the water back to the electric heating tank from the heat exchange fixture as a cold input flow. The systems further include thermostat electrically coupled to the recirculating pump and positioned within the predefined area configured to sense the temperature of the atmosphere within the first predefined area and selective operate of the recirculating pump based on a sensed temperature and a user selected temperature.

Claim (Index 20):
A method of installing a hot water heating system for heating the atmosphere within at least one predefined area of a structure, comprising:\n fluidly coupling a water supply to a hybrid water heating and storage apparatus configured to store and heat water to a first temperature of at least about 140 degrees Fahrenheit including a heat pump and an electric heating tank in fluid communication, the electric heating tank storing the heated water; fluidly coupling at least one recirculating pump between an outlet and at least one heat exchange fixture positioned in at least one corresponding predefined area within the structure, the at least one recirculating pump configured to selectively draw at least one output flow of the heated water from the electric heating tank via the outlet, pass the heated water through at least one heat exchange fixture positioned within the at least one predefined area to heat the atmosphere therein, and direct the water back to the electric heating tank as a cold input flow; electrically coupling at least one thermostat to the at least one recirculating pump that is positioned within the at least one predefined area and configured to sense the temperature of the atmosphere within the at least one predefined area; configuring the at least one thermostat to control operation of the at least one recirculating pump based on at least one sensed temperature and at least one user selected temperature; and configuring the apparatus to heat the water within the tank via the heat pump and the electric heating tank when the temperature of the water decreases from the first temperature to a second temperature that is colder than the first temperature.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42188
- Patent Class: 237.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11175836', '13766849', '11418951', '11972931', '12371572']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6175686545516033
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4944648638476305
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6052582754812059
- Mean Citation Score: 211.434462
- Max Citation Score: 218.62407
- Similarity Product: 161.51582490819453

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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