PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927268
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["118", "123000"]

Abstract:
An additive layer manufacturing apparatus comprising a doctor blade ( 57 ) having a tip ( 51 ) which, in use, is arranged proximal to a material layer ( 59 ) to be recoated during an additive layer manufacturing method, the doctor blade ( 57 ) having a cavity ( 50 ) with an inlet and an outlet, the outlet located at the tip ( 51 ) and the inlet connectable to an air supply ( 53 ) whereby air can be directed through the cavity ( 50 ) to the outlet and onto a surface ( 59 a ) of the material layer ( 59 ).

Claim (Index 13):
An additive layer manufacturing apparatus as claimed in  claim 12  wherein the device for initiating polymerisation comprises a focusable light source in the ultraviolet to visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum and a transport mechanism for moving the source across a section of the liquid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19608
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15402717', '13522539', '15037170', '15010642', '12692968']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8076397050207759
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4853219617989411
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7754079306985924
- Mean Citation Score: 153.3587
- Max Citation Score: 179.6402
- Similarity Product: 122.92732941873074

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

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