PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15973439
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["376", "113000"]

Abstract:
Provided are apparatuses and methods for producing helium-3 by a reactor with a confining wall that encloses a confinement region within which charged particles and neutrals rotate. A plurality of electrodes is positioned adjacent to the confinement region. A control system having a voltage source applies an electric potential between the plurality of electrodes to generate an electric field within the confinement region to induce rotational movement of the charged particles and the neutrals therein. A reactant is disposed in the confinement region. Repeated collisions between the neutrals and the reactant produce a product having a nuclear mass that is different from a nuclear mass of the nuclei of the neutrals and the reactant. The product includes at least helium-3, and sometimes also includes helium-4.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for producing helium-3, the apparatus comprising:\n a reactor comprising: a confining wall at least partially enclosing a confinement region within which charged particles and neutrals can rotate, a plurality of electrodes adjacent or proximate to the confinement region, a control system comprising a voltage and/or current source configured to apply an electric potential between at least two of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the applied electric potential generates an electric field within the confinement region that alone, or in conjunction with a magnetic field, induces or maintains rotational movement of the charged particles and the neutrals in the confinement region, and a reactant disposed in or adjacent to the confinement region such that, during operation, repeated collisions between the neutrals and the reactant produce an interaction with the reactant that gives off energy and produces a product having a nuclear mass that is different from a nuclear mass of any of the nuclei of the neutrals and the reactant, wherein the product includes helium-3.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 90.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88571
- Patent Class: 376.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15973306', '15590962', '15589902', '15589913', '15405049']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6774321148585383
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5660631376447601
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6662952171371604
- Mean Citation Score: 413.93048800000014
- Max Citation Score: 467.4493
- Similarity Product: 373.35642507129904

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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