PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911744
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["438", "028000"]

Abstract:
A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) array system is configured to apply suction forces for the manipulation of objects. The MEMS system includes includes a two-dimensional MEMS array of a plurality of individual MEMS elements. Each MEMS element comprises: a casing structure; a flexible membrane attached to the casing structure; and an electrode structure, wherein a voltage applied to the electrode structure actuates the MEMS element to cause the flexible membrane to flex relative to the casing structure. The flexible membrane and the casing structure define a gap into which the flexible membrane may flex, and a foot extends from the flexible membrane in a direction away from the casing structure, wherein the foot and the flexible membrane define a clearance region on an opposite side of the flexible membrane from the gap. When the MEMS element interacts with an object to be manipulated the foot spaces the membrane apart from the object. The MEMS array system further includes a control circuit that selectively actuates one or more of the MEMS elements of the MEMS array.

Claim (Index 10):
The MEMS array system of  claim 1 , wherein the control circuit comprises a source driver that applies drive signals to voltage source lines for applying voltages to the electrodes of the one or more MEMS elements, and a gate driver that applies gate signals for selection of the one or more MEMS elements to be actuated by applying the voltages from the voltage source lines.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.35
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12574504', '15839824', '15351235', '11462333', '15453230']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8646859373952812
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4750359761918296
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8257209412749361
- Mean Citation Score: 169.30021599999995
- Max Citation Score: 177.82333
- Similarity Product: 135.57448375242234

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

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