PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15772906
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["114", "07400A"]

Abstract:
According to some embodiments, a flexible regasification system comprises a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage vessel; a LNG vaporizer disposed on a jetty proximate the LNG storage vessel to vaporize the LNG into natural gas; and a thermal fluid source. The LNG storage vessel is coupled to the LNG vaporizer and supplies LNG to the LNG vaporizer. The thermal fluid source is coupled to the LNG vaporizer and sends heated thermal fluid to the LNG vaporizer for converting the LNG to natural gas, which converts the heated thermal fluid to a cooled thermal fluid. The cooled thermal fluid is discharged back to the thermal fluid source, comprising a closed loop. In particular embodiments, the thermal fluid storage comprises a floating vessel disposed near the jetty. In some embodiments, the cooled thermal fluid from the LNG vaporizer is first sent to a power plant or refrigeration plant.

Claim (Index 1):
A flexible regasification system comprising:\n a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage vessel comprising a LNG outlet operable to supply LNG from the LNG stored onboard the floating LNG storage vessel; a LNG vaporizer disposed on a jetty proximate the LNG storage vessel, the LNG vaporizer comprising: a LNG inlet coupled to the LNG outlet of the floating LNG storage vessel, the LNG inlet operable to receive LNG from the floating LNG storage vessel; a natural gas outlet operable to send natural gas downstream; a thermal fluid inlet operable to receive a heated thermal fluid; a thermal fluid outlet operable to discharge a cooled thermal fluid; wherein the LNG vaporizer is operable to use the heated thermal fluid to vaporize the LNG into natural gas, which converts the heated thermal fluid to a cooled thermal fluid; and a thermal fluid source comprising: a storage tank operable to store a thermal fluid; a heated thermal fluid outlet coupled to the thermal fluid inlet of the LNG vaporizer, the heated thermal fluid outlet operable to supply heated thermal fluid to the LNG vaporizer; a cooled thermal fluid inlet coupled to the thermal fluid outlet of the LNG vaporizer, the cooled thermal fluid inlet operable to receive cooled thermal fluid discharged from the LNG vaporizer; wherein the thermal fluid coupling between the thermal fluid source and the LNG vaporizer comprises a closed loop.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 60.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.74576
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11675651', '11681233', '15695916', '11876450', '13335176']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8020426346972065
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5292384880605341
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7747622200335392
- Mean Citation Score: 329.645214
- Max Citation Score: 366.50455
- Similarity Product: 278.095100058794

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

Dataset: test