PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16128790
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["052", "101000"]

Abstract:
This disclosure provides for a valve assembly for regulating the flow of fluid through a weep hole, including a flow regulator positioned within the weep hole. The flow regulator has an open position where fluid is allowed to flow through the weep hole, and a closed position where fluid is prevented from flowing through the weep hole. Also provided is a building having a plurality of flow regulators positioned relative to external sheathing of the building to regulate flow between a wall cavity of the building and an external environment. Additionally, a method for regulating the ingress and egress of fluid through external sheathing of a building is provided. The method includes positioning a plurality of flow regulators relative to external sheathing, and regulating flow between the wall cavity and an external environment using the flow regulators.

Claim (Index 51):
The method of  claim 50 , wherein the valves are closed during the occurrence of flooding.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.60714
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16011740', '15882848', '14028060', '12095759', '13297871']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8198546813633055
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4783690012259464
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7857061133495696
- Mean Citation Score: 172.048434
- Max Citation Score: 181.17917
- Similarity Product: 130.95892043497443

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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