PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887610
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["073", "861610"]

Abstract:
A flowmeter includes an orifice plate assembly having a carrier that includes an aperture, an annular rim disposed about the aperture, and an annular ledge extending radially inward from the rim to the aperture. An orifice plate and annular seal are disposed within the annular rim. The plate engages the ledge and is retained on the carrier by a retaining ring and the energized annular seal. The seal is disposed in a seal gland formed between the orifice plate, the carrier, and the ring member, and sealingly engages at least one surface of each.

Claim (Index 14):
An orifice plate carrier assembly comprising:\n a carrier body comprising an aperture, an annular shoulder disposed about the aperture, and an annular ledge extending radially outward from the aperture toward the shoulder; an orifice plate disposed within the annular shoulder and comprising a first facing surface engaging the annular ledge, a second facing surface facing away from the annular ledge, and an edge facing the annular shoulder; a ring member coupled to the carrier, wherein the orifice plate is retained between the carrier and the ring member; a first annular seal disposed within an annular seal gland between the carrier and the ring member, the first annular seal having a central opening and having a first portion engaging the orifice plate, a second portion engaging the carrier, and a third portion engaging the ring member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01961
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14824246', '11851583', '12033452', '09854997', '15240823']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7094457021159706
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4801118042767507
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6865123123320486
- Mean Citation Score: 202.456536
- Max Citation Score: 229.46388
- Similarity Product: 187.03731117436408

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