PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16288280
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["251", "065000"]

Abstract:
Various devices and techniques related to magnetically-actuated valves are generally described. Magnetically-actuated valves may include mechanisms to completely seal the valve during normal operation. However, mechanical access to the internal actuation mechanism may be temporarily provided in the event of a stuck valve. Access to a mechanical non-magnetically coupled portion of the internal actuation member may be provided for emergency access. The access to the internal actuation member is sealed off under normal operating conditions. A sealed port covers the portion of the internal actuation member during normal magnetically-coupled operation, but can be removed for direct mechanical access to the actuator. Furthermore, a backup seal may be sheltered within this port. The backup seal is typically not exposed to the outside environment or degradation, but prevents leaks during emergency actuation when access to the internal actuation member is temporarily provided.

Claim (Index 20):
A valve assembly, comprising:\n a valve body defining a first enclosure having a first port, a second port, and a second enclosure having a third port; a movable valve member positioned in the first enclosure between the first port and the second port and configured to control fluid flow from the first port to the second port; an internal seal disposed in the valve body between the first enclosure and the second enclosure that prevents fluid flowing through the first port or the second port from reaching the third port; an internal mechanism with a first end and a second end, the first end disposed in the first enclosure and operatively coupled to the movable valve member, the second end traversing the internal seal and positioned in the second enclosure; a removable plug operable to seal the third port off from an outside environment of the valve assembly when the removable plug is seated in the third port; and wherein the second end of the internal mechanism is sized and shaped so as to interface with a cheater handle when the removable plug is removed from the third port.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16150904', '15400806', '15859125', '13161821', '15414458']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7565147760265686
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5107502057874855
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7319383190026603
- Mean Citation Score: 294.385256
- Max Citation Score: 362.28043
- Similarity Product: 293.252115801608

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

Dataset: test