PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15950298
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["250", "390030"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for improving the sensitivity and energy response of neutron detectors and neutron dose rate meters. A beryllium layer is added to neutron detector moderators to improve the sensitivity of the detector. Energy dependence of the sensitivity is optimized by controlling the amount of beryllium in the moderator and by specifying the geometrical design parameters. The beryllium layer, in combination with additional material layers in the moderator, makes the detector response function correspond to the theoretical one in a wide range of energies. Response parameters of the neutron dose rate meter are within 20% of the theoretical response function in the neutron energy range from 500 keV to 10 GeV, and also in the energy range corresponding to thermal neutrons (about 1-100 meV).

Claim (Index 9):
The neutron dose rate meter of  claim 1  wherein said beryllium-loaded layer includes material selected from the group consisting of beryllium metal, beryllium alloys, and beryllium oxide (BeO).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 42.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85135
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15247977', '10442075', '12758493', '11820346', '12141160']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7885322536777684
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5219998012623073
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7618790084362222
- Mean Citation Score: 297.7047560000001
- Max Citation Score: 348.58777000000015
- Similarity Product: 257.38673141621604

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

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