PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015970
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["004", "348000"]

Abstract:
A removable ventilation and filtration apparatus for a conventional flushing toilet having a rim and a seat secured to said rim. The configuration allows for the intake of malodorous gases and the elimination of such odors by means of an elongated opening, situated between a gap commonly found between a toilet seat and rim, and a down-flow active filtration assembly utilizing a pressure-based air treatment and flow configuration by encompassing a switch-activated exhaust fan on at least one side of a deodorizing filter, thereby creating a space of negative pressure that intakes foul air through the elongated opening. The foul air is thereafter pulled into and through the deodorizing filter and an anti-microbial filter, and subsequently cleansed air is pulled therefrom. The cleansed air is then released into the immediate vicinity through an exhaust-opening. The apparatus is secured to the toilet bowl by use of an adjustable hanging bracket.

Claim (Index 1):
A ventilation apparatus for use in connection with a toilet, said toilet having a bowl with a rim and a seat secured to said rim of the bowl, said ventilation apparatus comprising:\n (i) an elongated opening for admitting air from the toilet bowl, said elongated opening being configured to fit into a gap found between the rim of the toilet bowl and the toilet seat; (ii) a filtration assembly positioned down-flow from said elongated opening, said filtration assembly comprising a deodorizing filter for air treatment and a fan mounted upon said deodorizing filter, said fan configured for directing air into and through said deodorizing filter for air treatment and air flow; and (iii) an exhaust opening positioned adjacent said filtration assembly, wherefrom cleansed air may be exhausted; where said ventilation apparatus is configured into a single chassis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83721
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11935672', '13694917', '14999891', '12579875', '13199354']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8106801734924908
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4991266902934353
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7795248251725853
- Mean Citation Score: 256.88114800000005
- Max Citation Score: 273.0956
- Similarity Product: 220.07995717334745

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

Dataset: test