PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15746939
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["251", "193000"]

Abstract:
A valve ( 1 ), preferably a vacuum valve, is provided including at least one closure element ( 2 ), at least one valve seat ( 3 ), and at least one drive unit ( 4 ). The closure element ( 2 ) is pressed against the valve seat ( 3 ) in a closed position and is raised from the valve seat ( 3 ) in a raised position, and the closure element can be moved by a drive unit ( 4 ) in a closing direction ( 5 ) from the raised position into the closed position, in particular in a linear closing direction. The closure element ( 2 ) is mounted on a support body ( 6 ) of the drive unit ( 4 ) in a movable manner in at least one direction ( 7 ) orthogonally or transversely to the closing direction ( 5 ) in order to align the closure element ( 2 ) when pressing against the valve seat ( 3 ).

Claim (Index 5):
The valve as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the closure member, the valve seat, or at least one seal disposed, in the closed position, between the closure member and the valve seat, has or have, for the alignment of the closure member as it is pressed against the valve seat, a cross-sectional area which tapers in the closing direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.91803
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14139352', '11852517', '14669141', '15556863', '12135751']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.763974620352939
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4675031119576528
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7343274695134103
- Mean Citation Score: 214.31134000000003
- Max Citation Score: 224.49564
- Similarity Product: 173.01907916260242

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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