PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956000
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["355", "030000"]

Abstract:
An exposure apparatus includes a projection system provided with a final element which has a first outer surface that is liquid repellent, and a component disposed adjacent to the final element and having a second outer surface which is liquid repellent, the first outer surface and the second outer surface facing each other with a gap between the first and second outer surfaces. A substrate is exposed with exposure light from the projection system through immersion liquid between an end surface of the final element and the substrate, the immersion liquid covering a portion of an upper surface of the substrate. The gap is formed above the end surface of the final element.

Claim (Index 1):
An exposure apparatus comprising:\n a projection system provided with a final element which has a first outer surface that is liquid repellent; and a component disposed adjacent to the final element and having a second outer surface which is liquid repellent, the first outer surface and the second outer surface facing each other with a gap between the first and second outer surfaces, wherein a substrate is exposed with exposure light from the projection system through immersion liquid between an end surface of the final element and the substrate, the immersion liquid covering a portion of an upper surface of the substrate, and the gap is formed above the end surface of the final element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28846
- Patent Class: 355.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14311918', '14812366', '13449041', '12320771', '15354396']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.772500453951126
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4829558139688747
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7435459899529009
- Mean Citation Score: 279.130782
- Max Citation Score: 284.0966
- Similarity Product: 247.7769166850209

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

Dataset: test