PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16126711
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["101", "170000"]

Abstract:
Provided are a printing plate and a printing method that allow for high-resolution printing and efficient use of printing ink. The printing plate has an image area and a non-image area. The image area of the printing plate is a recessed area formed by a layer containing silicone rubber. The non-image area is a raised area formed by a layer containing a fluorine compound on a surface of the layer containing silicone rubber. The height difference between a surface of the image area and a surface of the non-image area of the printing plate is from more than 0.1 μm to 10 μm. The printing method includes an ink-applying step of applying a printing ink to an image area of a printing plate and a transfer step of transferring the printing ink from the image area to a substrate. A method for manufacturing a printing plate has the steps of forming a second layer containing silicone rubber in a region that becomes a non-image area on a first layer containing silicone rubber to obtain a layer containing silicone rubber; and forming the layer containing the fluorine compound on a surface of the second layer containing silicone rubber.

Claim (Index 12):
The printing method according to  claim 11 , wherein the ink-applying step includes applying the printing ink to the image area by an inkjet process.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.20312
- Patent Class: 101.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15559663', '12190946', '13202417', '13616058', '14853209']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7337473725689119
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5074898816998688
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7111216234820076
- Mean Citation Score: 211.380556
- Max Citation Score: 227.03163
- Similarity Product: 152.57557832567454

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