PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15765862
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["044", "589000"]

Abstract:
A method for producing charcoal particles or pellets which use different additives as binders for the biochar pellets. The method includes producing a mixture with charcoal and additives selected from nanocrystalline cellulose, nanocrystalline fibrils, bentonite, and polyvinyl acetate. The mixture is created by mixing one or more of the additives with charcoal or bentonite. The mixture is then processed in a pelletizer device. While processing, the surface of the mixture is sprayed with a liquid. Once turned into pellets by way of the pelletizer device, the resulting pellets are then dried by applying heat to the pellets. The liquid can be water or a solution of water and sodium borate.

Claim (Index 2):
The charcoal product according to  claim 1 , wherein said one or more additives comprises at least one of: nanocrystalline cellulose and nanocrystalline fibrils.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87692
- Patent Class: 44.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14878293', '13951050', '15423563', '14786746', '13580144']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6804288025512272
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.617978540586871
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6741837763547915
- Mean Citation Score: 236.083798
- Max Citation Score: 484.44183
- Similarity Product: 408.2362159852963

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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