PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15983384
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["701", "021000"]

Abstract:
The present invention includes an underwater vehicle power unit and method of operating the same comprising: a fuel and waste stack comprising one or more reactant or fuel storage bladders and one or more waste storage bladders; a heater; a reactor that generates hydrogen and waste; a hydrogen and waste separator; a back-pressure regulator; a hydrogen and liquid separator; a fuel cell; and a controller that controls the temperature of the heater, the flow of fuel into the reactor, the flow of hydrogen into the fuel cell, the flow of water that dilutes the fuel, the flow of waste from the reactor and/or the fuel cell into the one or more waste storage bladders.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of powering an underwater vehicle with a power unit comprising:\n providing a fuel and waste stack comprising one or more reactant or fuel storage bladders and one or more waste storage bladders; pre-heating at least one of a fuel or a reactant prior to entry into a reactor; injecting the pre-heated fuel or the reactant into the reactor to generate hydrogen; connecting the one or more fuel storage bladders, the reactor, a fuel cell, or the one or more waste bladders to a heat exchanger; controlling at least one of a dilution in water, a pressure, or a temperature of a waste stream to prevent crystallization of the waste in the reactor; connecting the output from the reactor to the fuel cell capable of generating an electrical current when exposed to hydrogen; and connecting a controller that controls the heater, the flow of fuel to the reactor, the flow of hydrogen to the fuel cell, the flow of waste from the reactor and/or the fuel cell to the one or more waste storage bladders.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 68.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.59184
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['09986636', '09900469', '13465863', '15266866', '10891599']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4566325860736319
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4651563497722865
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4574849624434974
- Mean Citation Score: 205.924016
- Max Citation Score: 217.7871
- Similarity Product: 190.3445911482811

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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