PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961490
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["431", "009000"]

Abstract:
This disclosure relates to flame shapers for use in gas burners, gas burner systems, and methods for operating gas burner systems. Flame shaper embodiments include an opening having an unobstructed center, and turning vanes that extend from the perimeter of the opening towards its center. The turning vanes are configured to induce swirling in an ignited flame. Burner systems include an ignition source, the flame shaper, and a heat exchanger. In method embodiments, a flame is formed by igniting fuel and air, the flame is directed through the flame shaper, and the flame is then directed into a heat exchanger.

Claim (Index 2):
The gas furnace burner system of  claim 1 , further comprising a heat exchanger tube located downstream of the flame shaper with respect to the direction of flow, wherein the heat exchanger tube receives the flame after the flame passes through the flame shaper.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85246
- Patent Class: 431.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13311819', '10744101', '14688263', '11191958', '14938417']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6969155016031693
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4814273476853027
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6753666862113826
- Mean Citation Score: 232.66259
- Max Citation Score: 238.49538
- Similarity Product: 201.00432356086137

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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