PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15938185
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["850", "006000"]

Abstract:
A scanning probe microscope includes a position change unit that relatively changes positions of a fixed end of a cantilever and a surface of a sample S in a Z direction, a deflection amount measurement unit that measures a deflection amount of the cantilever, a Z direction movement distance detector that detects a movement distance in the Z direction while the fixed end is relatively moved with respect to the surface of the sample S from a predetermined initial position until a tip of a probe comes into contact with the surface of the sample S and the deflection amount becomes a predetermined value, and an initial position change unit that changes the initial position to a position further away from the surface of the sample S when the movement distance is below a predetermined lower limit.

Claim (Index 1):
A scanning probe microscope for performing a force curve measurement to measure a deflection amount of a cantilever in a process of separating a tip of a probe from a sample surface after the probe tip is brought close to and in contact with the sample surface, the probe being provided at a movable end of the cantilever, one end of which corresponds to a fixed end and the other end of which corresponds to the movable end, the scanning probe microscope comprising:\n a) a position change unit that relatively changes positions of the fixed end and the sample surface in a Z direction corresponding to a direction in which the fixed end and the sample surface are brought close to each other and away from each other and an X direction and a Y direction perpendicular to the Z direction; b) a deflection amount measurement unit that measures the deflection amount of the cantilever; c) a Z direction movement distance detection unit that detects a movement distance in the Z direction while the fixed end is relatively moved with respect to the sample surface from a predetermined initial position until the probe tip comes into contact with the sample surface and the deflection amount becomes a predetermined value; and d) an initial position change unit that changes the initial position to a position further away from the sample surface when the movement distance is below a predetermined lower limit, and changes the initial position to a position closer to the sample surface when the movement distance exceeds a predetermined upper limit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.43103
- Patent Class: 850.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12958323', '10925049', '10756579', '14172710', '12996512']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6369719503814495
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4813339535242689
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6214081506957314
- Mean Citation Score: 214.904476
- Max Citation Score: 220.0425
- Similarity Product: 178.87408425986766

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

Dataset: test