PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879698
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["137", "883000"]

Abstract:
A valve apparatus for use in industrial plants and systems. The valve apparatus can a first ball valve, a second ball valve, a third ball valve, and a fourth ball valve disposed between first and second blocks. A bleed valve assembly is disposed between the first ball valve and the second ball valve, and the fourth ball valve is disposed between the second and third ball valves. The bleed valve assembly is configured with threads or a cam lock for connection to a flex hose. The bleed valve assembly can include a globe valve. The valve apparatus can be implemented as a DBB (Double-Block and Bleed) valve assembly that includes the first, second, third, and fourth ball valves. The fourth ball valve disposed between the second and third ball valves can function as an extra bleed valve.

Claim (Index 1):
A valve apparatus, comprising:\n at least four ball valves including a first ball valve, a second ball valve, a third ball valve, and a fourth ball valve, wherein said first, second, third, and fourth ball valves are disposed between a first block and a second block; and a bleed valve assembly disposed between said first ball valve and said second ball valve, wherein said fourth ball valve is disposed between said second and third ball valves, and wherein said bleed valve assembly is configured for connection to a flex hose.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.88679
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14208674', '15598335', '15662146', '14440349', '12771267']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7946093991114288
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4723901474218775
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7623874739424736
- Mean Citation Score: 172.760074
- Max Citation Score: 204.99019
- Similarity Product: 157.94700717882276

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

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