PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15883025
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["250", "310000"]

Abstract:
A microscopy system for imaging a sample can include a scanning electron microscope system configured for imaging a surface layer of the sample and a focused ion beam system configured for generating an ion beam for milling the surface layer away from a sample after it has been imaged. A movable mechanical shutter can be configured to be moved automatically into a position between the sample and the scanning electron microscope system, so that when the electron beam is not imaging the sample the movable mechanical shutter is positioned between the sample and the scanning electron microscope system.

Claim (Index 18):
A scanning electron microscope system for imaging a sample, the microscopy system comprising:\n an electron accelerator configured for generating a primary electron beam for irradiating the sample; an aperture in a mask, wherein the primary electron beam passes through the aperture when irradiating the sample; a lens configured for focusing the primary electron beam on the sample; a detector configured for detecting a signal of electrons emitted from the sample in response to the irradiation by the primary electron beam; a means for removing successive surface layers of the sample; and one or more processors configured to:\n control a parameter of the primary electron beam while the primary electron beam irradiates the sample and while the detector detects the signal of electrons, \n generate a plurality of images of different surface layers of the sample based on the detected signal from the different surface layers, \n vary the parameter when irradiating different surface layers of the sample, including surface layers for which an image is generated based on the detected signal, and \n select, based on the plurality of images, a fixed value of the parameter to use for irradiation of subsequent surface layers the sample by the primary electron beam.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06122
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14868056', '14117256', '13082372', '11099489', '11957148']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6906176998208607
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4982823191667125
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.671384161755446
- Mean Citation Score: 254.193652
- Max Citation Score: 261.14334
- Similarity Product: 210.0023199300564

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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