PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16137808
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["123", "19800C"]

Abstract:
An in-tank fuel pump assembly and mounting system is disclosed which may be configured for mounting inside a fuel tank. The assembly includes a pump housing, pump mounted to the housing, and pressure relief valve. The housing may comprise upper and lower pump housing units coupled together. The upper housing unit is configured for mounting to a tank opening, which in one implementation may be the fuel fill opening. The lower housing unit extends into the tank to approximately the bottom of the tank. A fuel fill fluid pathway is created through the housing for adding fuel to the tank while the pump assembly remains in situ. The upper housing unit may include a removable fuel cap. The pump is capable of pressurizing the fuel to pressures suitable for use in fuel injection type engines. A resiliently deformable in-tank fuel filter may be coupled to the pump.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for mounting a fuel pump in a fuel tank, the method comprising:\n providing a pump housing including a fuel pump and an inlet fuel filter coupled to the fuel pump, the filter being resiliently deformable between a flattened unfolded condition and a folded condition; aligning the pump housing with a fuel fill opening in a fuel tank, the filter being in the unfolded condition; inserting a lower portion of the pump housing through the fuel fill opening; engaging the filter with the fuel tank at the fuel fill opening, the engagement collapsing the filter from the unfolded condition to the folded condition; and spreading the filter from the folded condition to the unfolded condition once the filter disengages the fuel tank at the fuel fill opening; wherein the pump housing is positioned through the fuel fill opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30435
- Patent Class: 123.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14711442', '10746614', '10875365', '12426376', '11497711']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7406844085520353
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4760793716487818
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7142239048617101
- Mean Citation Score: 204.653826
- Max Citation Score: 208.35504
- Similarity Product: 148.3810802763176

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test