PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16164116
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["073", "649000"]

Abstract:
A clamping apparatus for coupling an ultrasonic transducer to a conduit is disclosed. The clamping apparatus comprises a base portion fastened to the conduit and including a bracket for receiving an adapter. The adapter is attached to a housing and allows the housing to be rotated when the adapter is positioned in an upper portion of the bracket, and prevents the housing from being rotated when the adapter is positioned in a lower portion of the bracket. The housing is configured to enclose the ultrasonic transducer except for a housing opening along the bottom of the housing. The ultrasonic transducer extends through the housing opening and is spring biased against the conduit.

Claim (Index 10):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one hand wheel attached to at least one of the brackets, the hand wheel rotatable into an open position and a closed position, the closed position for securing the ultrasonic transducer against the conduit and the open position for rotating the housing and accessing the ultrasonic transducer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.31373
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15115602', '11759105', '15489986', '13241989', '15901014']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6382821146517508
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5120754962337836
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6256614528099541
- Mean Citation Score: 188.56078800000003
- Max Citation Score: 314.944
- Similarity Product: 306.8576254692078

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

Dataset: test