PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16284960
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["264", "040100"]

Abstract:
A method of producing a workpiece by using additive manufacturing techniques includes obtaining computer-aided design data representing the workpiece in multiple layers. The method includes providing build platforms and layer tools. Each layer tool is moveable relative to a respective build platform and configured to generate or solidify a material layer on the respective build platform. The method includes producing a first defined material layer of the workpiece on a first build platform by controlling a first layer tool according to a first layer definition. The method includes transferring the first defined material layer from the first build platform to a second build platform and measuring the first defined material layer using a first measuring head to measure individual characteristics. The method includes producing further material layers of the workpiece by controlling a second layer tool in accordance with further layer definitions as a function of the measured individual characteristics.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of producing a workpiece by using additive manufacturing techniques, the method comprising:\n obtaining a computer-aided design (CAD) data set representing the workpiece in a plurality of layers, wherein the CAD data set includes a plurality of predefined layer definitions corresponding to the plurality of layers; providing a plurality of build platforms; providing a plurality of layer tools, wherein each respective layer tool of the plurality of layer tools is moveable relative to a respective one of the plurality of build platforms, and wherein each respective layer tool of the plurality of layer tools is configured to at least one of generate and solidify a material layer on the respective one of the plurality of build platforms; providing a plurality of measuring heads, wherein each respective measuring head of the plurality of measuring heads is moveable relative to a respective one of the plurality of build platforms; producing a first defined material layer of the workpiece on a first build platform of the plurality of build platforms by controlling a first layer tool of the plurality of layer tools in accordance with a first layer definition of the plurality of layer definitions; transferring the first defined material layer of the workpiece from the first build platform to a second build platform of the plurality of build platforms; measuring the first defined material layer using a first measuring head of the plurality of measuring heads in order to determine individual characteristics of the first defined material layer while the first defined material layer is situated on the second build platform; and producing further material layers of the workpiece on the first defined material layer by controlling a second layer tool of the plurality of layer tools in accordance with further layer definitions while the first defined material layer is situated on the second build platform, wherein the further layer definitions are generated from the plurality of layer definitions as a function of the individual characteristics of the first defined material layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.47619
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14248610', '14575286', '14910926', '14946451', '15380668']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.771429669498357
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5060019531038548
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7448868978589068
- Mean Citation Score: 167.109364
- Max Citation Score: 296.3343
- Similarity Product: 270.1814081666708

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

Dataset: test