PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["219", "762000"]

Abstract:
A method for controlling a microwave heating system is provided. The method may be used with a system having a liquid-filled microwave heating chamber and includes measuring the value of one or more microwave system parameters. Suitable parameters can include, for example, net microwave power discharged, the temperature of the liquid in the microwave chamber, the flow rate of liquid through the microwave chamber, and the speed of the conveyance system disposed within the microwave chamber. The measured value of the selected parameter is then compared to a target value for that parameter in order to determine a difference. Based on the difference, one or more actions can be taken in order to start, stop, or alter the operation of the microwave heating system.

Claim (Index 1):
A microwave heating system for pasteurizing or sterilizing a plurality of articles, said system comprising:\n a thermalization zone for thermalizing said articles to a substantially uniform temperature, wherein said thermalization zone comprises a thermalization chamber and a plurality of fluid jet locations for discharging pressurized jets of liquid toward said articles in said thermalization chamber; a microwave heating zone located downstream of said thermalization zone for heating the thermalized articles using microwave energy, wherein said microwave heating zone comprises a microwave heating chamber, a convey line, and at least two microwave launchers for discharging microwave energy into said microwave heating chamber, wherein said convey line is configured to transport said articles through said microwave heating chamber in a convey direction, wherein said microwave launchers are axially spaced from one another in said convey direction, and wherein at least a portion of each of said microwave launchers extends in a direction perpendicular to said convey direction; a quench zone located downstream of said microwave heating zone for cooling said articles, wherein said quench zone comprises a quench chamber; and a plurality of individual carriers for securing and holding said articles as said articles pass through said thermalization chamber, said microwave heating chamber, and said quench chamber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 82.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07576
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13799799', '13799835', '13799610', '13799991', '13799746']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.853761492976281
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5683910108107403
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.825224444759727
- Mean Citation Score: 425.567202
- Max Citation Score: 457.305
- Similarity Product: 392.204381364584

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

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