PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934255
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["137", "302000"]

Abstract:
A drain valve to drain water from a dry barrel hydrant includes a drain valve body fixed to a main valve assembly of the hydrant, and a hollow drain hole sleeve positioned in a drain hole of an elbow of the hydrant. The drain valve body includes a drain valve facing configured to align with the drain hole of the elbow as a result of the main valve assembly being in an open position, and to not align with the drain hole of the elbow as a result of the main valve assembly being in a closed position. In another embodiment, an elbow of a fire hydrant includes a hollow body, an upper end defining a drain hole to allow water to drain out, and a hollow drain hole sleeve in the drain hole.

Claim (Index 5):
The drain valve of  claim 3 , wherein the drain hole bushing includes a stop surface created by a step from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter larger than the first outer diameter, and the step of the drain hole bushing is configured to abut a step of the drain hole of the elbow as a result of full insertion of the drain hole bushing into the drain hole of the elbow.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.95833
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14317891', '14317814', '14167804', '12787328', '13550585']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8401599414383956
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5279839472014763
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8089423420147037
- Mean Citation Score: 284.93203
- Max Citation Score: 373.71378
- Similarity Product: 273.9580102481389

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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