PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015891
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["356", "612000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems for efficient and accurate inspection of tubular goods are disclosed. Inner and outer diameter measurements of a tubular good along the entire length are obtained using laser or other light measurement systems. Discrete sections of a tubular good can be identified. For each section, at least one measurement of an outer diameter of an outside surface of the discrete section, and at least one measurement of an inner diameter of an inside surface of the discrete section are obtained. In addition, a geometric center coordinate for each discrete section of the tubular good is obtained. The measurements defining the outside surface, inside surface, and geometric center in association with the longitudinal position of each discrete section are recorded.

Claim (Index 21):
A system of inspecting a tubular good, the system comprising:\n an outer housing comprising an outer light-emitting device; an inner housing comprising an inner light-emitting device; and a control circuit coupled to the outer and inner light-emitting devices, wherein the control circuit is configured to:\n select a cross-section of the tubular good that transects a longitudinal axis extending through the tubular good; \n while the outer light-emitting device is at a first position, determine the longitudinal position of the outer housing along the longitudinal axis of the tubular good; \n while the outer light-emitting device is at the first position, determine the circumferential position of the outer housing about a circumference of the cross-section; \n while the inner light-emitting device is at a second position, different from the first position, determine the longitudinal position of the inner housing along the longitudinal axis of the tubular good; \n while the inner light-emitting device is at the second position, determine the circumferential position of the inner housing about the circumference of the cross-section; \n select diametric sections in discrete positions around the circumference of the cross-section of the tubular good; \n determine an outer diameter of the diametric sections from readings of the outer light-emitting device; \n determine an inner diameter of the diametric section from readings of the inner light-emitting device; and \n determine a geometric center of the cross-section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 68.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12903
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15648225', '12137341', '10548731', '15108629', '13952341']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6783202475623048
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5405697426794961
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6645451970740239
- Mean Citation Score: 189.99447400000005
- Max Citation Score: 385.6861
- Similarity Product: 340.2305771331549

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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