PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16083466
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["166", "075150"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for mixing proppant and other solids with one or more fracturing fluids to form a fracturing slurry, and for delivering the fracturing slurry to a wellbore. In the example systems as described herein, the proppant is mixed with the fracturing fluids through an assembly that limits the number of pumps that are required to move the relatively abrasive proppant]containing fluids. Additionally, in the example systems, the proppant is mixed within enclosed structures, thereby minimizing the escape of dust and other particulates into the surrounding atmosphere and onto the equipment at the well site.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of supplying a fracturing fluid including proppant to a well, comprising:\n an in-line mixer located at the Earth's surface and coupled directly to a wellhead tree of a well; receiving proppant from a proppant container and transporting the received proppant through an enclosed conveyance system to an enclosed proppant mixer; mixing the proppant with a fluid in the enclosed proppant mixer, the proppant mixer having a mixing mechanism to mix the fluid and proppant to form a fluidized proppant mixture; using a first pump to pump the fluidized proppant mixture to an in-line mixer that is located at the Earth's surface and coupled directly to a valve tree at the wellhead; and using a pump bank, separate from the first pump, to deliver proppant-free fracturing fluids to the in-line mixer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66154
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13979816', '14365749', '13979823', '11681737', '13690074']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7715962758941509
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4774465832679134
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7421813066315271
- Mean Citation Score: 178.77227
- Max Citation Score: 201.19965
- Similarity Product: 139.6930480866909

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