PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15766267
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["423", "651000"]

Abstract:
A steam reformer, comprising a combustion chamber, catalyst tubes arranged in several rows, feed conduits for the educt gas, which extend below the bottom of the combustion chamber, burners for heating the catalyst tubes which are installed in the bottom of the combustion chamber and are directed vertically upwards into the combustion chamber, feed conduits extending below the bottom of the combustion chamber, each for supplying the air and the fuel gas to the burners, openings installed in the ceiling of the combustion chamber for discharging the burner waste gas, and channels extending above the ceiling of the combustion chamber for discharging the burner waste gas.

Claim (Index 7):
A steam reformer, comprising:\n a combustion chamber with a bottom, a ceiling and side walls terminating the combustion chamber; catalyst tubes arranged in several rows with integrated recirculation of the product gas, which penetrate through the bottom of the combustion chamber, wherein the catalyst tubes are arranged such that the tube ports for the educt gas conduits and product gas conduits are located at an end of the catalyst tubes protruding downwards out of the combustion chamber; feed conduits for the educt gas and collecting conduits for the product gas, which extend below the bottom of the combustion chamber; burners for heating the catalyst tubes, which are installed in the bottom of the combustion chamber and are directed vertically upwards into the combustion chamber; feed conduits extending below the bottom of the combustion chamber, each for supplying the air and the fuel gas to the burners; openings installed in the ceiling of the combustion chamber for discharging the burner waste gas; and channels extending above the ceiling of the combustion chamber for discharging the burner waste gas.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.41667
- Patent Class: 423.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13516341', '14386327', '14356608', '10400034', '12293126']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7609128911789446
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4769905904152504
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7325206611025752
- Mean Citation Score: 191.189004
- Max Citation Score: 207.70552
- Similarity Product: 166.60486934018138

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

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