PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128790
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["052", "101000"]

Abstract:
This disclosure provides for a valve assembly for regulating the flow of fluid through a weep hole, including a flow regulator positioned within the weep hole. The flow regulator has an open position where fluid is allowed to flow through the weep hole, and a closed position where fluid is prevented from flowing through the weep hole. Also provided is a building having a plurality of flow regulators positioned relative to external sheathing of the building to regulate flow between a wall cavity of the building and an external environment. Additionally, a method for regulating the ingress and egress of fluid through external sheathing of a building is provided. The method includes positioning a plurality of flow regulators relative to external sheathing, and regulating flow between the wall cavity and an external environment using the flow regulators.

Claim (Index 1):
A valve assembly for regulating the flow of fluid through a weep hole, the valve assembly comprising:\n a flow regulator fluidically coupled with a weep hole to regulate flow of fluid through the weep hole, wherein the flow regulator has an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position fluid is allowed to flow through the weep hole, and wherein in the closed position fluid is prevented from flowing through the weep hole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.60714
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16011740', '15882848', '14028060', '12095759', '13297871']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8037805944012143
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.462947399203742
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7696972748814671
- Mean Citation Score: 172.048434
- Max Citation Score: 181.17917
- Similarity Product: 147.0718987209356

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

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