PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937798
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["425", "110000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing systems, apparatuses, software, and methods for the production of at least one requested 3D object. The 3D printer includes a material conveyance system, filtering system, and unpacking station. The material conveyance system may transport pre-transformed material against gravity. The 3D printing described herein comprises facilitating non-interrupted material dispensing through a component of the 3D printer, such as a layer dispenser.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for printing at least one three-dimensional object, comprising:\n an enclosure configured to accommodate the three-dimensional object during printing; a vertically translatable platform configured to support the at least one three-dimensional object during the printing, which platform is disposed in the enclosure; a compressed gas source configured to flow a gas in a direction; a material reservoir having at least one first wall that encloses a first volume configured to hold (i) a first atmosphere that has a gas content different from an ambient atmosphere and a first pressure, and (ii) a first material port disposed in the at least one first wall and configured to facilitate transport of a pre-transformed material therethrough, which material reservoir is operatively coupled to the enclosure and is configured to facilitate supply of the pre-transformed material to the enclosure to print the three-dimensional object; and a bulk reservoir configured to hold a second atmosphere having a pressure above the first pressure and a gas content different from an ambient atmosphere, which bulk reservoir comprises a second material port, a gas port, and at least one second wall that encloses a second volume configured to accommodate the pre-transformed material, which compressed gas source is operatively coupled to the bulk reservoir through the gas port to facilitate pressurized conveyance of the pre-transformed material from the bulk reservoir through the second material port to the first material port at least in part against the gravitational field.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54902
- Patent Class: 425.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15634228', '15634267', '15634727', '15803686', '15374821']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.722033714830523
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.482942054261037
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6981245487735744
- Mean Citation Score: 248.627162
- Max Citation Score: 271.74365
- Similarity Product: 210.4253722642869

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

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