PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16047836
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["277", "579000"]

Abstract:
Bi-directional seal assemblies for use with valves are described. An example apparatus for use with a fluid valve includes a closure member disposed between an inlet and an outlet of a fluid flow passageway of the fluid valve. The closure member is to slide relative to a cage or a valve body, wherein the closure member includes a seal gland and a passageway in fluid communication with the seal gland, the passageway to fluidly couple the seal gland and the fluid flow passageway of the fluid valve. The apparatus further includes a seal assembly positioned in the seal gland, the seal assembly including a first seal, a second seal opposite the first seal, and a spacer ring disposed between the first and second seals.

Claim (Index 14):
The apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein each of the first and second seals includes:\n a jacket to contact the valve plug and a cage or a valve body opposite the closure member; and a spring to bias the jacket against the valve plug and the cage or the valve body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.46296
- Patent Class: 277.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14217791', '12430978', '13599762', '15053884', '12505149']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8207080523687204
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5322405980854216
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7918613069403905
- Mean Citation Score: 298.6239700000001
- Max Citation Score: 379.12073
- Similarity Product: 296.3794473241788

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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