PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15888773
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["204", "555000"]

Abstract:
Separation apparatuses for the separation of a mixture of two fluids, such as a water-in-oil emulsion, via electrocoalescence, are provided. A separation apparatus may include a series of flow conditioners each having a different permittivity, such that the flow conditioner having a permittivity that is similar or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium is selected. Another separation apparatus may include a flow conditioner having a frequency-dependent permittivity, such that the frequency of the electric field generated is selected so that the permittivity of the flow conditioner is as similar as possible to or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium. Another separation apparatus may include a replaceable flow conditioner that may be replaced with a flow conditioner having a permittivity that is as similar to or equal to the permittivity of the flowing medium.

Claim (Index 8):
A method of separating a mixture of two liquids via electrocoalescence, comprising:\n providing the mixture to a separation apparatus, the apparatus comprising:\n a first flow conditioner section comprising at least one first electrode for generating a first electric field and a first flow conditioner having a first permittivity; and \n a second flow conditioner section comprising at least one second electrode for generating a second electric field and a second flow conditioner having a second permittivity; \n measuring the permittivity of the mixture; comparing the mixture permittivity to the first permittivity and the second permittivity; energizing the at least one first electrode of the first flow conditioner section or the at least one second electrode of the second flow conditioner section based on the comparison, such that only the first electric field or the second electric field is generated; directing the mixture through the first electric field or the second electric field.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.75472
- Patent Class: 204.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10214295', '14254863', '15026207', '11484328', '14363206']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.722395355533205
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.472931092688069
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6974489292486914
- Mean Citation Score: 167.814324
- Max Citation Score: 178.20662
- Similarity Product: 138.04168907710195

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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