PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036163
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-03
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 13):
The device of  claim 12 , wherein the top tray is configured to bias fluid on an upper surface of the top tray toward the top tray space.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61538
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16035390', '16036032', '14299298', '14299452', '14299485']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8133624519591007
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5250180512001166
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7845280118832023
- Mean Citation Score: 324.018322
- Max Citation Score: 353.9992
- Similarity Product: 236.6657060915947

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