PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036032
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["422", "607000"]

Abstract:
A contacting device and method are presented for the collection, contacting, and distribution of fluids between particulate beds of a downflow vessel, which may operate in co-current flow. By one approach, the contacting device includes a liquid collection tray, a mixing channel in fluid communication with the liquid collection tray, and a liquid distribution zone

Claim (Index 14):
The system of  claim 1 , wherein the mixing channel includes an annular outer wall and a baffle extending above the liquid collection tray between the outer wall and the reactor wall for directing liquid on the liquid collection tray generally in one direction about the mixing channel outer wall.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58974
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16036163', '16035390', '14299298', '14299373', '14299452']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8418273947696291
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5220783379282936
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8098524890854956
- Mean Citation Score: 335.986996
- Max Citation Score: 371.3762
- Similarity Product: 294.9927780682325

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

Dataset: test