PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16042218
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["702", "045000"]

Abstract:
Automated methods and systems for diverting transmix from a petroleum pipeline are provided to reduce the overall production of transmix on the pipeline, based on pre-defined programmed cut-points associated with the various subtypes of hydrocarbon carried on the pipeline.

Claim (Index 3):
An automated method for reducing transmix production on a pipeline comprising:\n a) providing a flow of hydrocarbon in a transmission pipe comprising first and second hydrocarbon subtypes in sequence separated by transmix; b) providing a transmix pipe in fluid communication with the transmission pipe separated from the transmission pipe by a transmix valve under the control of a central processing unit; c) receiving a subtype sequence identification signal at the central processing unit identifying the first and second subtypes and the location of the first and second subtypes in the transmission pipe; d) receiving physical property measurements of the flow passing through the valve at the central processing unit; e) executing programmed logic in the central processing unit to:\n i) determine the subtype flowing through the valve based on the subtype sequence identification signal; \n ii) when the first subtype is flowing through the valve, accessing a dataset comprising a first cut-point for the first subtype and comparing the physical property measurements to the first cut-point of the first subtype; \n iii) diverting the flow to the transmix pipe when a physical property measurement reaches the first cut-point of the first subtype; \n iv) accessing a dataset comprising the first cut-point of the second subtype, comparing the physical property measurements to the first cut-point of the second subtype; and \n v) resuming the flow through the transmission pipe when a physical property measurement reaches the first cut-point of the second subtype.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.28125
- Patent Class: 702.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15652522', '11407523', '13283081', '13451715', '14856099']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.197780705738901
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.560508257344607
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.2340534608994716
- Mean Citation Score: 194.033278
- Max Citation Score: 437.7853
- Similarity Product: 397.0249524800777

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

Dataset: test