PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15766303
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["423", "447100"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a process for the synthesis of highly crystalline carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Processes known in the art employ post-synthesis processes such as oxidation or hydrothermal treatment to produce CNTs with high crystallinity. The present disclosure produces highly crystalline CNTs at a low growth temperature and without hydrogen flow condition and without employing any post-production process. The process disclosed in the present disclosure produces CNTs having a crystallinity greater than 5 which makes them suitable for various industrial applications.

Claim (Index 1):
A process for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, said process comprising the following steps:\n a) introducing in a reactor a feedstock comprising:\n i. at least one carbon source selected from the group consisting of C 1  to C 7  hydrocarbons and C 1  to C 7  alcohols; and \n ii. at least one catalyst composition comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, and cobalt; \n b) injecting a carrier gas in said reactor; wherein said carrier gas is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, argon and methane; and c) evaporating and decomposing said feedstock by heating, using a furnace, to form said carbon nanotubes, which are deposited as such or in the form of a film, either free-standing inside said reactor or supported on a substrate positioned in said reactor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.44262
- Patent Class: 423.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13424185', '15022616', '13422811', '10151382', '12642794']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7561155259376906
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4645903460500538
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7269630079489269
- Mean Citation Score: 194.42004000000003
- Max Citation Score: 198.9367
- Similarity Product: 173.61866982268094

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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