PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15874286
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["060", "274000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for preheating emissions control devices prior to engine startup using a heating element and a flow control device operable to provide a fluid flow, such as a compressor or a turbine. One exemplary method of heating an emissions control component prior to engine startup involves opening or otherwise operating a valve to provide a path for fluid flow to the emissions control component, operating a flow control device to provide the fluid flow through the path, and activating a heating element upstream of the emissions control component to heat the fluid flow to the emissions control component.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein operating the valve comprises opening an exhaust gas recovery (EGR) valve between an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold of the engine to provide the path for the fluid flow bypassing the engine cylinders from the intake manifold to the exhaust manifold via the EGR valve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2766
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15249769', '13565402', '15432464', '13645055', '15063673']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7487206625170393
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4733263532483097
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7211812315901663
- Mean Citation Score: 217.83428
- Max Citation Score: 228.0451
- Similarity Product: 184.0260573321402

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

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