PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963758
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["216", "067000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus for transferring substrates and confining a processing environment in a chamber. One embodiment of the present invention provides a hoop assembly for using a processing chamber. The hoop assembly includes a confinement ring defining a confinement region therein, and three or more lifting fingers attached to the hoop. The three or more lifting fingers are configured to support a substrate outside the inner volume of the confinement ring.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein positioning the hoop assembly in the processing position further comprises positioning the confinement ring to simultaneously surround both the lower surface of the showerhead and the substrate support pedestal assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7234
- Patent Class: 216.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13985843', '14002087', '13629267', '15611756', '15222689']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.746968442006892
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5374104180495066
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7260126396111535
- Mean Citation Score: 242.62455
- Max Citation Score: 369.25052
- Similarity Product: 283.56615632581475

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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