PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15936028
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["203", "002000"]

Abstract:
A method for phytochemical extraction includes providing a distillation vessel, providing a mixture of solvent and plant extract to the distillation vessel, placing the distillation vessel on a heat source, coupling the distillation vessel with a collector configured to collect condensed solvent, selecting an initial distillation temperature and outputting heat from the heat source at a heat source initial target temperature to heat the distillation vessel to a distillation vessel initial target temperature and boil the mixture in the distillation vessel at the initial distillation temperature and at an initial heat flux. With a vacuum pump, a distillation vessel initial target pressure is set within the distillation vessel.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for controlling heat flux during distillation and concentration of plant extract, comprising:\n providing a distillation vessel configured for containing a mixture of solvent and plant extract; to the distillation vessel, coupling a heat source configured for heating the distillation vessel and any mixture of solvent and plant extract contained therein; to the distillation vessel, coupling a vacuum pump configured for adjusting pressure in the distillation vessel; to the heat source and vacuum pump, coupling a microcontroller configured for operating the vacuum pump to set the distillation vessel initial target pressure within the distillation vessel and for operating the heat source to output heat at a heat source initial target temperature to heat the distillation vessel to a distillation vessel initial target temperature and boil the mixture in the distillation vessel at an initial distillation temperature and an initial heat flux and distillation rate; to the microcontroller, operatively coupling a user input element configured for signalling the initial distillation temperature to the microcontroller; with the microcontroller, in response to selection of the initial distillation temperature with the user input element, controlling the heat source to output heat at a heat source initial target temperature to heat the distillation vessel to a distillation vessel initial target temperature and boil a mixture in the distillation vessel at the initial distillation temperature and an initial heat flux and distillation rate and controlling the vacuum pump to set the distillation vessel initial target pressure within the distillation vessel; and with the microcontroller in response to selection, with the user input element, of a modified distillation temperature different from the initial distillation temperature, changing the heat output from the heat source and the pressure set with the vacuum pump to boil the mixture in the distillation vessel at the modified distillation temperature and the initial heat flux.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.39583
- Patent Class: 203.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15318697', '15476799', '11787996', '11278340', '12809319']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6226258264212524
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4896363460905615
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6093268783881833
- Mean Citation Score: 146.089558
- Max Citation Score: 149.91403
- Similarity Product: 99.02397875808954

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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