PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16209705
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["166", "308100"]

Abstract:
The fracturing methods described in the present disclosure provide advantage over the current fracturing methods. The disclosed fracturing methods can change the fracture gradient of the downhole subterranean formation. For example, one or more of the fracture gradients of the low and high stress zones of the downhole subterranean formation can be changed. Furthermore, the methods of present disclosure, in relation to current practices, can decrease the extent and/or degree of fracturing within low stress downhole formations and increase the degree of fracturing within high stress formations.

Claim (Index 19):
A method, comprising:\n determining at least one characteristic of a subterranean formation; selecting, on the basis of the determined characteristic, an injection profile of a first gas and a second gas; injecting the first gas into a first wellbore at least partly contained within the subterranean formation, according to the selected injection profile; maintaining the first gas at a first injected pressure; injecting a second gas into the first wellbore, according to the selected injection profile; maintaining the second gas at a second injected pressure; and injecting a fracturing liquid into a second wellbore different from the first wellbore at a sufficient pressure to fracture a target portion of the subterranean formation surrounding the second wellbore, wherein the at least one characteristic of the subterranean formation comprises at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of fracture volume of the first wellbore, fracture volume of the second wellbore, fracture volume of a third wellbore, distance between any two of the first, second, and third wellbores, the extent of fluid communication between any two of the first, second, and third wellbores, a mechanical characteristic, of the subterranean formation; pressure depletion, configuration of the first wellbore, configuration of the second wellbore, and configuration of the third wellbore.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02128
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15197384', '15627160', '14957182', '15870677', '15870713']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8401907396253158
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5611948962928666
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8122911552920709
- Mean Citation Score: 421.544154
- Max Citation Score: 463.52008
- Similarity Product: 405.9302266346836

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

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