PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15949194
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["251", "306000"]

Abstract:
A bonded seat for a butterfly valve can comprise a first axial end and a second axial end distal from the first axial end; a central section between the first axial end and the second axial end, the central section defining a radially inward surface and a radially outward surface, the radially inward surface defining a fluid bore therethrough from the first axial end to the second axial end, the radially outward surface defining a plurality of annular ribs.

Claim (Index 12):
A bonded seat valve comprising:\n a valve body comprising a first axial end, a second axial end, and a central section, the first axial end distal from the second axial end, the central section between the first axial end and the second axial end, the central section defining a radially inward surface and a radially outward surface, the radially inward surface defining a seat bore therethrough from the first axial end to the second axial end, the radially inward surface defining a plurality of annular grooves; a seat positioned in the seat bore and bonded to the radially inward surface of the central section of the valve body, the seat comprising a first axial end, a second axial end, and a central section, the first axial end distal from the second axial end, the central section between the first axial end and the second axial end, the central section defining a radially inward surface and a radially outward surface, the radially inward surface defining a fluid bore therethrough from the first axial end to the second axial end, the radially outward surface defining a plurality of annular ribs extending into the plurality of annular grooves; and a valve disc positioned in the fluid bore of the seat and configured to move about and between a closed position and an open position, wherein the valve disc in the closed position blocks a flow path from the first axial end of the seat to the second axial end of the seat, and wherein the valve disc in the open position opens the flow path from the first axial end of the seat to the second axial end of the seat and wherein the radially inward surface of the valve body defines surface imperfections; and wherein the radially outward surface of the seat extends into and engages the surface imperfections of the radially inward surface of the valve body to bond the seat to the valve body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33333
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15720153', '15042205', '14797521', '10904784', '15283704']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7077377894834755
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4874050879112577
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6857045193262538
- Mean Citation Score: 240.780374
- Max Citation Score: 263.85773
- Similarity Product: 195.3459087104046

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