PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16018758
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["137", "859000"]

Abstract:
A one-way valve, comprises a valve housing; a valve member provided within the valve housing, the valve member being operative to open and close the valve and comprising a diaphragm with a central orifice to allow fluid to pass from one side of the diaphragm to the other; a valve inlet provided on a first side of the diaphragm; and a valve outlet provided on a second side of the diaphragm; wherein the configuration of the diaphragm and the valve housing biases the diaphragm to seal the inlet at rest.

Claim (Index 1):
A one-way valve, comprising:\n a valve housing; a valve member provided within the valve housing, the valve member being operative to open and close the valve and comprising a diaphragm having a central portion and a perimeter portion, wherein the central portion comprises a central orifice to allow fluid to pass from one side of the diaphragm to the other and the perimeter portion comprises an outer edge of the diaphragm, and wherein the central portion is thicker than the perimeter portion; a valve inlet provided on a first side of the diaphragm; and a valve outlet provided on a second side of the diaphragm; wherein the diaphragm and the valve housing are configured to bias the diaphragm to seal the inlet at rest, wherein the housing further comprises a valve seat, on the first side of the diaphragm, against which the diaphragm forms a seal at rest, and wherein\n the diaphragm further comprises a diaphragm projection formed in relief on the first side of the diaphragm, such that a sealing surface of the diaphragm projection contacts the valve seat at rest to form the seal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25581
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14232477', '13566261', '10247614', '15802959', '14214294']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.83495870284955
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5348340528214076
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8049462378467358
- Mean Citation Score: 259.385482
- Max Citation Score: 406.5862
- Similarity Product: 385.9530096852303

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

Dataset: test