PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16295802
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["374", "119000"]

Abstract:
The present invention preferably comprises a system and method for measuring and/or continuously monitoring the temperature and/or height of a molten metal bath in a vessel. Specifically, an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultrasonic receiver are disposed about sides of the vessel and are used to send and receive an ultrasonic signal in order to detect the temperature of the bath. More specifically, the ultrasonic transmitter is configured to send an ultrasonic signal through the vessel, and the ultrasonic receiver is configured to receive that ultrasonic signal after it has travelled through the vessel (comprising the molten metal bath). The ultrasonic receiver provides at least one signal to a processing unit (i.e., control center), which processes the at least one signal to determine the temperature and/or level of the molten metal bath. The invention may further comprise chillers to protect the transmitter and receiver from the heat of the bath.

Claim (Index 15):
The method as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the at least one ultrasonic transmitter and the at least one ultrasonic receiver are disposed about opposite sides of the vessel, wherein the at least one ultrasonic receiver is a first ultrasonic receiver, and further comprising using a second ultrasonic receiver to receive a portion of the ultrasonic signal, wherein the second ultrasonic receiver is located on the same side of the vessel as the first ultrasonic transmitter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2027
- Patent Class: 374.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13283229', '14416378', '12048576', '12709949', '12048555']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6258758666933909
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4957012417404539
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6128584041980972
- Mean Citation Score: 147.26982600000005
- Max Citation Score: 156.04662
- Similarity Product: 101.87127389065144

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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