PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15945931
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["073", "861280"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a measurement apparatus for measuring a flow rate of a fluid that flows with a main direction of flow in a circular line comprising an inlet section for conducting the fluid from the circular line into the measurement apparatus; an outlet section for conducting the fluid from the measurement apparatus into the circular line; a measurement section for connecting the inlet section to the outlet section; at least one ultrasound device for transmitting and/or receiving ultrasound waves, wherein the ultrasound device is arranged at a wall of the measurement section; and an evaluation unit for carrying out a time of flight difference measurement and for determining the flow rate, wherein the inlet section has a first superelliptic transitional shape and the outlet section has a second superelliptic transitional shape and the measurement section has a rectangular form, in particular having rounded corners.

Claim (Index 5):
The measurement apparatus in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the ultrasound device is arranged at the wall of the rectangular measurement section such that at least one measurement path of the ultrasound device is directed in parallel with a side wall of the rectangular measurement section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26471
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15851968', '13008507', '15816148', '14997810', '11015679']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6598407296274136
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4811978686418327
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6419764435288555
- Mean Citation Score: 132.51546399999998
- Max Citation Score: 138.86033999999998
- Similarity Product: 95.40177634335278

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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