PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899119
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["137", "543230"]

Abstract:
The invention is directed to a method to improve accuracy of a meter. The method first contemplates introducing a desired fluid into a valve assembly having an external casing with an inlet, outlet and interior side forming a chamber. Next, a desired fluid contacts a toggle stopper having a shaft, plate, and guides. A calibrated spring positioned around the shaft in contact with the plate assesses if the desired fluid meets a predetermined pressure. If the fluid meets this threshold, the calibrated spring compresses thereby toggling plate within the chamber to allow desired fluid to enter the chamber. Should the total pressure of the desired fluid and/or an undesired fluid create a pressure that fails to meet the predetermined pressure, the calibrated spring expands to seal the valve assembly. Upon such seal, there is an equalizing of both the desired and undesired fluids to the same pressure by decreasing the volume of the undesired fluid, causing the calibrated spring to compress and reopen.

Claim (Index 1):
A valve assembly to improve the accuracy of a meter employed to measure a desired fluid, the valve assembly comprising:\n an external casing having an inlet, a corresponding outlet, an exterior side and a corresponding interior side; one or more chambers each having an interior diameter located within the interior side of the external casing; a toggle stopper having an exterior diameter proximate to the interior diameter of one chamber of the external casing, the toggle stopper including a shaft, a plate having a first side and corresponding second side and one or more guides; and a calibrated spring positioned around the shaft capable of exerting force on the first side of the plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09412
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10671566', '15359062', '14189627', '14679980', '15110536']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.817283374486867
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4487056633059738
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7804256033687778
- Mean Citation Score: 148.28346399999995
- Max Citation Score: 159.89632
- Similarity Product: 125.5043100178528

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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