PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15765820
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["585", "417000"]

Abstract:
Non-oxidative direct methane conversion (NDMC) to value-added products, such as H 2 , C 2  hydrocarbons, and aromatics, occurs within a reactor heated to an elevated temperature. The reactor can have a first volume, where a feed gas including methane is provided, separated from a second volume, where a sweep gas is provided, by a dense thin film membrane supported on a porous wall. The thin film membrane is a mixed ionic-electronic permeable membrane that allows H2 generated in the first volume to be transported to the second volume for removal by (or reaction with) the sweep gas. A catalyst can be provided in or adjacent to the first volume. For example, the catalyst can be a metal doped quartz material (e.g., Fe(c)SiO 2 ) or a metal/zeolite material (e.g., Mo/ZSM5). Methane conversion and/or product selectivity in the reactor can be manipulated by control of gas flow rates, reaction temperatures, and/or feed and sweep gas compositions.

Claim (Index 8):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the membrane is disposed on a surface of a porous support, the porous support comprising a material different than the membrane, and the membrane and the porous support have coefficients of thermal expansion that are substantially the same.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96809
- Patent Class: 585.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15179478', '15027918', '14591850', '12996687', '14789917']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7046404644855697
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5069964922772242
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6848760672647352
- Mean Citation Score: 238.850318
- Max Citation Score: 246.00415
- Similarity Product: 157.65453268600703

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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