PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875752
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["355", "067000"]

Abstract:
Projection exposure methods, systems, sub-systems and components are disclosed. Methods can include performing a first exposure to image a first sub-pattern of the pattern, where the first sub-pattern includes a plurality of first features extending in a first direction and spaced apart essentially periodically at a predominant periodicity length P in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first exposure can be performed using a multipolar illumination mode that includes at least one substantially dipolar intensity distribution having two illumination poles positioned on a pole orientation axis substantially parallel to the second direction and spaced apart from each other.

Claim (Index 38):
An apparatus, comprising:\n an illumination system configured so that during use the illumination system guides radiation along an illumination path to generate illumination radiation incident on a mask bearing a pattern; and a projection objective configured so that during use the projection objective projects an image of the pattern onto a radiation-sensitive substrate with projection radiation guided along a projection path, wherein the apparatus is a projection exposure apparatus, and the illumination system is configured according to  claim 26 .

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59701
- Patent Class: 355.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12483733', '13358158', '12795014', '11817903', '13299062']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7118696648586764
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5815986559404654
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6988425639668553
- Mean Citation Score: 319.930164
- Max Citation Score: 538.63965
- Similarity Product: 451.0291462533295

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

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