PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16121159
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["073", "628000"]

Abstract:
A system is provided having a probe assembly configured to inspect components of an assembled flange connection when the probe assembly is disposed within a bore of the components. The probe assembly includes a shaft configured to be aligned with an axis of the assembled flange connection, one or more ultrasound probes coupled to the shaft, and one or more encoders. The one or more ultrasound probes are configured to interface with an interior surface of the bore of the components, to emit ultrasound signals into the components, and to receive ultrasound signals from the components. The one or more encoders are coupled to the shaft and are configured to determine a position of the one or more ultrasound probes relative to a reference point of the assembled flange connection during an inspection of components of the assembled flange connection.

Claim (Index 4):
The probe assembly of  claim 3 , wherein the couplant medium includes one of water, oil, a lubricant, air, or any combination thereof.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 46.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.69091
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14846274', '14846238', '13083648', '14700954', '12917721']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6999307668696702
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5366340394245114
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6836010941251544
- Mean Citation Score: 243.810694
- Max Citation Score: 357.8954
- Similarity Product: 249.32269944595097

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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